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Where does “nonlandowning” come from?

nonlandowning (English) comes from English landowning, from English Land, from Middle English land, from Old English hland, from Proto-Germanic hlandą, from Proto-Indo-European klān- — liquid, wet ground.

nonlandowning (English): Not landowning

Definitions

  1. Not landowning

Ancestry of “nonlandowning”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlandowningIn possession of real estate; Of or pertaining to...
2EnglishLand—
3Middle EnglishlandAlternative form of lond; urine
4Old Englishhlandurine
5Proto-Germanichlandąurine
6Proto-Indo-Europeanklān-liquid, wet ground
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