Where does “headland” come from?
Headland comes from Middle English hedelond, from Old English hafudland, a compound of hafud (head) and land (land).
headland (English): Coastal land that juts into the sea; The unplowed...
Definitions
- Coastal land that juts into the sea; The unplowed...
Ancestry of “headland”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | hedelond | — |
| 2 | Old English | hēafodland | boundary, headland |
| 3 | Old English | land | land; a country; region within a country:... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | land | land, area of ground |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | landą | land, area of ground |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lendʰ- | land, heath; loins |
Words derived from “headland”