The story
- Proto-Brythonic · derived from*llann“churchyard”
- Cornish · derived fromLannanta
- English todayLelant
From Cornish Lannanta, from lann Anta (“church-site of Anta”), from Proto-Brythonic *llann (“churchyard”). Anta was a Cornish saint, whose name was transcribed by Cornish historian Charles Henderson as British Latin Anta, Ansa.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.