Etymology

swampland

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Today it means: Low-lying land that is regularly flooded; especially such land that is drier than a bog or a marsh. Full definition →

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

  1. Englishswamp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lendʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*landą
  4. Proto-West Germanic*land
  5. Old Englishland
  6. Middle Englishlond
  7. Englishland
  8. English todayswampland

From swamp + land.

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