Pastureland
/ˈpæs.tʃərˌlænd/noun
Land used for grazing animals.
Did you know?Pasture comes through Old French from Latin pastura, meaning “a feeding, grazing,” from pascere, “to feed,” so the word’s deepest root is about sustenance, not scenery.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pa-
“to feed, tend, or protect”
Latin
Latin
pascere
“to feed, graze”
Latin
Latin
pastura
“grazing, pasture”
Old French
Old French
pasture
“pasture, grazing land”
Middle English
English
pasture
“grazing land for animals”
Modern English
English
pastureland
“land used for grazing”