Etymology

England

Eng·land
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Today it means: The largest and most populous constituent country of the United Kingdom; established in southern Britain by Aethelstan of Wessex in 927. Full definition →

Middle English Engelond ← Old English Engla land ← Proto-West Germanic *land
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂enk-
  2. Proto-Germanic*angulaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*angul?
  4. Proto-West Germanic*Angli
  5. Old EnglishEngle
  6. Proto-Indo-European*lendʰ-
  7. Proto-Germanic*landą
  8. Proto-West Germanic*land
  9. Old Englishland
  10. Old EnglishEngla land
  11. Middle EnglishEngelond
  12. English todayEngland

From Middle English Engelond, England, from Old English Engla land (literally “land of the Angles”), from genitive of Engle (“the Angles”) + land (“land”).

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