Where does “Cleveland” come from?
Cleveland derives from Middle English Cleveland, composed of Middle English land, from Old English land meaning "ground or soil," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gel- meaning "to stick or coagulate."
Ancestry of “Cleveland”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | Cleveland | — |
| 2 | Middle English | land | Alternative form of lond; urine |
| 3 | Old English | hland | urine |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hlandą | urine |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | klān- | liquid, wet ground |
Words derived from “Cleveland”