Etymology

upland

up·land
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Today it means: The area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation. Full definition →

Middle English upland ← Old English ūpland
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromūpland“the country”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromupland
  3. English todayupland

From Middle English upland, from Old English ūpland (“the country”); equivalent to up- + land. The word as an adjective developed in Middle English.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.