Where does “forestland” come from?

forestland (English) comes from English Land, from Middle English land, from Old English hland, from Proto-Germanic hlandą, from Proto-Indo-European klān- — liquid, wet ground.

forestland (English): Land covered by trees; forests; woodlands

Definitions

  1. Land covered by trees; forests; woodlands

Ancestry of “forestland”, step by step

forestland traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Land

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLandThe part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water
2Middle EnglishlandAlternative form of lond; urine
3Old Englishhlandurine
4Proto-Germanichlandąurine
5Proto-Indo-Europeanklān-liquid, wet ground

via English forest

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishforestA dense uncultivated tract of trees and...
2Middle EnglishforestA forest or wood; A preserve for hunting...
3Old Frenchforestforest, royal hunting ground
4Latinforestisdative plural of foresta; ablative plural of...
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