Where does “landscape” come from?
landscape (English) comes from English landskip, from Middle English landschippe, from Old English landscipe, from Proto-Germanic landaskapiz, from Proto-Germanic -skapiz, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...
landscape (English): A portion of land or territory which the eye can...
Definitions
- A portion of land or territory which the eye can...
Ancestry of “landscape”, step by step
landscape traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English landskip
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | landskip | Obsolete form of landscape |
| 2 | Middle English | landschippe | — |
| 3 | Old English | landscipe | tract of land, region, district |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | landaskapiz | landscape; region, area |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -skapiz | Forms nouns denoting state, originally meaning... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |