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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

  1. Any of a number of points on a morphometric curve

Ancestry of “semilandmark”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlandmarkAn object that marks the boundary of a piece of...
2Middle Englishlandmark—
3Old Englishlandmearcboundary marker to denote the extent of one's...
4Old Englishlandland; a country; region within a country:...
5Proto-West Germaniclandland, area of ground
6Proto-Germaniclandąland, area of ground
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlendʰ-land, heath; loins
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