Etymology

bowerland

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Today it means: A rural area; farmland; bowery. Full definition →

Middle English bureland ← Old English būrland
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited frombūrland
  2. Middle English · inherited frombureland
  3. English todaybowerland

From Middle English bureland, borlond, burlond, from Old English būrland, ġebūrland (“land occupied by farmers; farmland”), equivalent to bower (“peasant; farmer”) + land.

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