Landscape
/ˈlænd.skeɪp/noun
A portion of land or scenery seen in a single view, especially one considered for its aesthetic qualities.
Did you know?Landscape entered English through Dutch painting culture, where artists helped turn a practical word for terrain into a word for visual beauty.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*skep-
“to cut, shape, scrape”
Old English
OE
land
“land, ground, territory”
Middle Dutch
Dutch
landschap
“a tract of land; a region; later, a painting depicting scenery”
16th Century
English
landskip
“a picture representing scenery or a view of land”
Modern English
English
landscape
“a view of natural inland scenery; the visible features of an area of land”