Etymology

dreamland

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Today it means: An imaginary world experienced while dreaming. Full definition →

English land ← Middle English lond ← Old English land
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰrewgʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*draumaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*draum
  4. Old Englishdrēam
  5. Middle Englishdrem
  6. Englishdream
  7. Proto-Indo-European*lendʰ-
  8. Proto-Germanic*landą
  9. Proto-West Germanic*land
  10. Old Englishland
  11. Middle Englishlond
  12. Englishland
  13. English todaydreamland

From dream + -land.

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