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==Origin==

==Origin==

alteration (influenced by Anglo-French isle) of earlier ''iland'', from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''īgland'' (akin to Old Norse ''eyland''), from ''īg'' island (akin to Old English ''ēa'' river, [[Latin]] aqua water) + ''land'' [[land]]

alteration (influenced by Anglo-French isle) of earlier ''iland'', from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._600-1100.09THE_OLD_ENGLISH.2C_OR_ANGLO-SAXON_PERIOD Old English] ''īgland'' (akin to Old Norse ''eyland''), from ''īg'' island (akin to Old English ''ēa'' river, [[Latin]] aqua water) + ''land'' [[land]]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_century before 12th Century]

The spelling of the word was modified in the 15th century due to an incorrect association with the etymologically unrelated Old French loanword ''isle'', which itself comes from the [[Latin]] word ''insula''. Old English ig is actually a cognate of Latin aqua (water).

The spelling of the word was modified in the 15th century due to an incorrect association with the etymologically unrelated Old French loanword ''isle'', which itself comes from the [[Latin]] word ''insula''. Old English ig is actually a cognate of Latin aqua (water).