Etymology

gangland

G2A1N1G2L1A1N1D2

Today it means: The underworld of organized crime. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰengʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰóngʰos
  3. Proto-Germanic*gangaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*gang
  5. Old Englishgang
  6. Middle Englishgang
  7. Englishgang
  8. Proto-Indo-European*lendʰ-
  9. Proto-Germanic*landą
  10. Proto-West Germanic*land
  11. Old Englishland
  12. Middle Englishlond
  13. Englishland
  14. English todaygangland

From gang + land.

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