Etymology

greensward

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Today it means: A tract of land that is green with grass. Full definition →

English sward ← Middle English grene ← Old English grēne
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʰreh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gróh₁nis
  3. Proto-Germanic*grōniz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*grōnī
  5. Old Englishgrēne
  6. Middle Englishgrene
  7. Englishgreen
  8. Englishsward
  9. English todaygreensward

From green + sward.

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