Etymograph

English

lande

Lande comes from French lande ‘moor, heath’, from Middle French lande ‘woodland’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‘land, heath’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lendʰ-1‘land, heath’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*landą1‘land’reconstructed
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400lande2‘clearing in a wood, leigh’
  4. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600lande2‘woodland’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentlande2‘moor, heath’
  6. Englishtodaylande2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Old French lande
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English lande

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lendʰ-Wiktionary, Old French lande‘land, heath’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*landąWiktionary, Old French lande‘land’reconstructed
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400landeWiktionary, English lande‘clearing in a wood, leigh’
  4. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600landeWiktionary, English lande‘woodland’
  5. Frenchc. 1600–presentlandeWiktionary, English lande‘moor, heath’
  6. EnglishtodaylandeWiktionary, English lande

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ‘land, heath’

island, lend, lumbar, lasagna, loma, loin, outlandish, 8 more

through Proto-Germanic *landą ‘land’

landless, 3 more

through Old French lande ‘clearing in a wood, leigh’

lawn

Today it means

noun An uncultivated plain, especially a sandy track along the seashore in southwestern France.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “lande”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Old French lande. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- / lande

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