flood meadow, floodplain (a flat grassy area adjacent to a river bed, subject to seasonal flooding) · mead, meadow · a comparatively large stream or small river
köken: From Middle High German ouwe (“terrain, landscape by water, in water; island”), from Old High German ouwa, from Proto-West Germanic *auwju (“floodplain, meadow; island”), from Proto-Germanic *awjō, from earlier *agwjō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ (“water”). Compare with Old Frisian ei, Swedish ö, Danish ø, Old Norse ey, Norwegian øy; also related to the modern German suffix -ach.
köken: Inherited from Middle French gazon, from Old French gason, wason (“piece of ground covered with grass, turf”), from Frankish *wasō (“ground, turf”). Cognate with German Wasen (“lawn”), German Low German Waas (“bundle of twigs”).
aile: gazon anglais, hockey sur gazon, tondeuse à gazon
köken: Derived from Proto-Turkic *buluŋ (“corner; direction; edge, side; isolated part of a landform”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (buluŋ, “edge; cardinal point”); Southern Altai булуҥ (buluŋ, “edge, corner; river creek”), Khakas пулунъ (pulunʺ, “corner; cape, promontory”), Yakut булуҥ (buluŋ, “isolated part of a forest, river, etc.”).
köken: Borrowed from French gazon, from Middle French gazon, from Old French gason, wason (“piece of ground covered with grass, turf”), from Frankish *waso (“ground, turf”), from Proto-Germanic *wasô, *waisǭ (“moisture; ground”).
pasture (an open field covered with grass, used or suitable for the grazing of livestock) · lawn, turf (a maintained grassy area, a competition field, on which sports matches are usually held) · grass (in pastures, meadows, roadsides)