'land-borne' originates from English, specifically the compound of 'land' and 'borne', where 'land' meant 'land, territory' and 'borne' is the past participle of 'bear' meaning 'carried'.

'borne' comes from Old English 'boren', the past participle of 'beran' ('to carry'), and 'land' comes from Old English 'land'; in Modern English these elements combined into compounds (e.g. 'air-borne', 'water-borne', 'land-borne') to indicate the medium by which something is carried.

Initially 'borne' meant simply 'carried'; over time, in compound forms it came to specify the medium of carriage, so 'land-borne' now specifically means 'carried by land'.