Etymology

sandland

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Today it means: Collectively, the Middle East and North Africa. Full definition →

English sand ← Middle English sond ← Old English sand
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*sámdʰos?
  2. Proto-Germanic*samdaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*samd
  4. Old Englishsand
  5. Middle Englishsond
  6. Englishsand
  7. English todaySandland

From sand + -land.

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