Etymology

woodland

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Today it means: Of a creature or object: growing, living, or existing in a woodland. Full definition →

Middle English wodeland ← Old English wuduland
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woodland · adjective, noun1

  1. Old English · inherited fromwuduland“woodland; forestland; forest”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromwodeland
  3. English todaywoodland

From Middle English wodeland, wodelond, from Old English wuduland (“woodland; forestland; forest”), equivalent to wood + land. Compare West Frisian wâldlân, Dutch bosland, German Waldland, Icelandic skóglendi. Eclipsed non-native Middle English salt (“woodland”), borrowed from Latin saltus (“woodland, forest”).

Woodland · proper noun, proper noun2

From woodland.

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