lawn English · revision 13484

− It is an alteration of laund, launde, a glade or pasture (probably before 1300),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) [[bor|fro|lande|t=heath, moor, clearing]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) of Celtic origin, from Gaulish: compare Breton lann, heath, and Old Irish land, open space (see [[land]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Collins 2023)

− It is probably from Laon, a city in northern France long a centre of linen manufacture,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) whose name is Old French Lan, from Latin Laudunum, of Celtic origin.^(Etymonline) For the spelling, compare fawn from French faon.^(Etymonline) Barnhart thinks the early form lawnd may come from confusion with launde, a glade.^(Barnhart 1988)