An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

Any part of the earth’s surface not covered by a body of water.

Etymology (EN): M.E., from O.E. land, lond, “ground, soil, territory;” PIE base *lendh- “land, heath” (cf. O.N., O.Fris. Du., Ger., Goth. land; O.Ir. land; Welsh llan “enclosure, church,” Breton lann “heath,” source of Fr. lande; O.C.S. ledina “waste land, heath,” Czech lada “fallow land”).

Etymology (PE): Xoški, from xošk, → dry, + noun suffix -i; zamin “land, → earth.”