lawn

Meaning

Noun

• An open space between woods.
• Ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown.
• An overgrown agar culture, such that no separation between single colonies exists.
• A type of thin linen or cotton.
• Pieces of this fabric, especially as used for the sleeves of a bishop.
• A piece of clothing made from lawn.

Origin

• Early Modern English laune, alteration of laund, from Middle English launde, from Old French lande ("heath, moor"), of Germanic or Gaulish origin, from Proto-Germanic *landą ("land") or Proto-Celtic *landā, both from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- ("land, heath").
• Akin to Breton lann ("heath"), Old Norse & Old English land. land.
• Apparently from Laon, a French town known for its linen manufacturing, from Old French Lan, from Latin Laudunum, a Celtic name cognate with Lugdunum.