meadow

English

/ˈmɛdəʊ/, /ˈmɛdoʊ/

noun
Definitions
  • A field or pasture; a piece of land covered or cultivated with grass, usually intended to be mown for hay.
  • Low land covered with coarse grass or rank herbage near rivers and in marshy places by the sea.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English medowe inherited from Old English mǣdwe inherited from Proto-Germanic *mēdwō derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂met- (mow, reap), *h₂meh₁- (mow, reap).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂meh₁-

Gloss

mow, reap

Concept
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Agriculture and vegetation

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