Etymology

landlord

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Today it means: A person that leases real property; a lessor. Full definition →

Middle English londlord ← Old English landhlāford
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  1. Old English · inherited fromlandhlāford
  2. Middle English · inherited fromlondlord
  3. English todaylandlord

From Middle English londlord, landlorde, from Old English landhlāford, equivalent to land + lord. Cognate with Scots landlaird, Middle Low German lantlord (“homeowner, landlord”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.