Etymology

Flevoland

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Today it means: A province of the Netherlands. Full definition →

Dutch Flevoland ← Middle Dutch lant ← Old Dutch lant
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The story

  1. LatinFlēvō
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lendʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*landą
  4. Frankish*land
  5. Old Dutchlant
  6. Middle Dutchlant
  7. Dutchland
  8. DutchFlevoland
  9. English todayFlevoland

Borrowed from Dutch Flevoland. By surface analysis, Flevo- + -land.

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