Where does “landholding” come from?
Landholding combines English land and English hold, ultimately deriving through Proto-Indo-European klān- and lendʰ- from Proto-Indo-European kel-, meaning to conceal or cover.
landholding (English): A piece of property that is held; The state or...
Definitions
- A piece of property that is held; The state or...
Ancestry of “landholding”, step by step
landholding traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English holding
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | holding | Something that one owns, especially stocks and... |
| 2 | English | hold | To grasp or grip; To contain or store; "To... |
| 3 | English | hole | A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit;... |
| 4 | Middle English | hole | healthy; safe; whole, complete, full |
| 5 | Old English | hol | a hole, a hollow; calumny; slander |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | hol | hollow; hole |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hulą | a hollow; depression; hole |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hulaz | hollow |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |