Where does “lawn” come from?

Lawn comes from Old French lan, from Latin Laudunum, a place name of uncertain ultimate origin.

lawn (English): An open space between woods; Ground covered with...

Definitions

  1. An open space between woods; Ground covered with...

Ancestry of “lawn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchLan
2LatinLaudunum

Words derived from “lawn

Every word from Latin Laudunum