'landscape' originates from Dutch, specifically the word 'landschap', where 'land' meant 'land' and '-schap' meant 'condition' or 'state'.

'landschap' transformed into the English word 'landskip' in the 16th century and eventually became the modern English word 'landscape'.

Initially, it meant 'a picture representing natural inland scenery', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'a section or expanse of rural scenery'.