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Where does “landing” come from?

landing (Norman) comes from English landing, from English land, from Middle English lond, from Old English land, from Proto-West Germanic land, from Proto-Germanic landą, from Proto-Indo-European lendʰ- — land, heath; loins.

landing (Norman): landing

Definitions

  1. landing

Ancestry of “landing”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlandingComing to a surface, as of an airplane or any...
2EnglishlandThe part of Earth which is not covered by oceans...
3Middle EnglishlondAn independent nation, country or realm; A tribe,...
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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