Where does “noncropland” come from?
noncropland (English) comes from English cropland, from English crop, from Middle English crop, from Old English cropp, from Proto-Germanic *kropp, from Proto-Germanic kruppaz, from Proto-Indo-European grewb-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
noncropland (English): Land that is not cropland
Definitions
- Land that is not cropland
Ancestry of “noncropland”, step by step
noncropland traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cropland
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cropland | arable land |
| 2 | English | crop | A plant, especially a cereal, grown to be... |
| 3 | Middle English | crop | — |
| 4 | Old English | cropp | the crop of a bird; the head of a flower; an ear... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *kropp | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kruppaz | a body; mass; a compressed, round mass; lump;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | grewb- | to warp, bend, crawl; to bend, crouch, crawl; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |