Islander
/ˈaɪ.lənd.ər/noun
A person who lives on or comes from an island.
Did you know?The word comes from Old English *īegland* (“island”), and its older history is tied to a Germanic word for “water” or “flood,” not to any mystical “inner land” idea.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*awjō
“water, island, or wetland area”
Old English
OE
īegland
“island”
Middle English
ME
iland / yland
“island”
14th Century
English
islander
“a person who lives on an island”
Modern English
English
islander
“a person who lives on or comes from an island”