'landborne' originates from English, formed from the noun 'land' + the past participle 'borne' (from 'bear'), where 'land' meant 'ground/earth' and 'borne' meant 'carried'.

'borne' derives from Old English 'boren' (past participle of 'beran' meaning 'to bear'), and 'land' from Old English 'land'; the compound appears in Middle English in forms such as 'land-boren' or 'landborne' and eventually stabilized as modern 'landborne'.

Initially it meant 'carried on or to land'; over time this sense extended to anything transmitted, transported, or originating on land, a meaning that has largely remained consistent.