Etymology

earthbound

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Today it means: Confined to the Earth; unable to leave Earth, either physically or spiritually. Full definition →

English bound ← Middle English bownde ← Old Norse búinn
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁er-
  2. Proto-Germanic*erþō
  3. Proto-West Germanic*erþu
  4. Old Englisheorþe
  5. Middle Englisherthe
  6. Englishearth
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
  8. Proto-Germanic*būaną
  9. Old Norsebúinn
  10. Middle Englishbownde
  11. Englishbound
  12. English todayearthbound

From earth + -bound.

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