Where does “Maryland” come from?

Maryland is a compound of English Mary, from Latin Maria, and English land, from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ-.

Maryland (English): roughly matching the present state

Definitions

  1. roughly matching the present state

Ancestry of “Maryland”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmaryA male homosexual
2Frenchmariefirst-person singular present indicative of...
3Old FrenchMarie—
4LatinMarīaMary mother of Jesus
5Ancient GreekΜαρίαMary, Maria
6Hebrewמִרְיָם—
7Aramaicמריםbitter
8Biblical Hebrewמִרְיָם—

Words derived from “Maryland”

Every word from Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם →Every word from Hebrew מִרְיָם →Every word from Aramaic מרים →