Etymology

landslide

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Today it means: A natural disaster that involves the breakup and downhill flow of rock, mud, water and anything caught in the path. Full definition →

English slide ← Middle English sliden ← Old English slīdan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*lendʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*landą
  3. Proto-West Germanic*land
  4. Old Englishland
  5. Middle Englishlond
  6. Englishland
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₃sleydʰ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₃sléydʰeti
  9. Proto-Germanic*slīdaną
  10. Proto-West Germanic*slīdan
  11. Old Englishslīdan
  12. Middle Englishsliden
  13. Englishslide
  14. English todaylandslide

From land + slide.

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