Lander
/ˈlændər/noun
A person or thing associated with landing, especially a spacecraft designed to touch down on a celestial body.
Did you know?Lander is built from the same ancient Germanic root behind land itself, a word that originally meant open ground or territory, not just the surface we stand on.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*landą
“land; territory; ground”
Old English
OE
land
“land; ground; country”
Old English
OE
landian
“to land; bring to shore”
Middle English
ME
landen
“to disembark; bring to land”
Modern English
English
lander
“one who lands; a vehicle designed to land”