Where does “semilandmark” come from?
semilandmark (English) comes from English landmark, from Middle English landmark, from Old English landmearc, from Old English land, from Proto-West Germanic land, from Proto-Germanic landą, from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- — land, heath; loins.
semilandmark (English): Any of a number of points on a morphometric curve
Definitions
- Any of a number of points on a morphometric curve
Ancestry of “semilandmark”, step by step
semilandmark traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English landmark
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | landmark | An object that marks the boundary of a piece of... |
| 2 | Middle English | landmark | — |
| 3 | Old English | landmearc | boundary marker to denote the extent of one's... |
| 4 | Old English | land | land; a country; region within a country:... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | land | land, area of ground |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | landą | land, area of ground |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lendʰ- | land, heath; loins |