Etymology

belandre

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Today it means: A small flat-bottomed craft, used principally on the rivers, canals, and roadsteads of France. Full definition →

French belandre ← Dutch bijlander
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The story

  1. Dutch · derived frombijlander
  2. French · borrowed frombelandre
  3. English todaybelandre

Borrowed from French belandre, from Dutch bijlander (whence also English bilander), equivalent to by- + lander.

Words from the same roots

Dutchbijlander all →

bilander

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.