Is it called sand because it's between sea and land?

I don't think so that it is called Sand because it's between Sea and Land.

Right, sand because it's between sea and land.

if it is so, it is unfair cause only 1 letter from sea and 3 from land.

However, the majority of Earth's sand is found in deserts and not next to the sea.

That's clever, but very limited. You are only talking about beach sand. However, the majority of Earth's sand is found in deserts and not next to the sea.

Sand is a naturally occurring granular material composed of particles of minerals, rock or soil with quartz being the most common constituent. Vast amounts of it are suspended in seawater but it also abounds in bone-dry desserts. Waves smash against coastal cliffs and these collisions loosen and and rip away slabs of rock that fall into the sea. Constant motion wears them into pebbles and they

are crushed into still smaller particles we know as sand. Cold weather combines with ocean violence and splits stones and this fracturing goes on eventually producing sand. The wind also lifts grains of sand against rock masses creating more sand. The bright white sands found in tropical and subtropical coastal settings are eroded limestone but may contain other fragmented material. Desert sand is almost exclusively of rounded Quartz grains. Deserts are formed by weathering processes. Check out these interesting articles on jw.org The Splendor of Sand and American Geographical Union (AGU) blogosphere Where does desert sand come from? Enjoy

No. The modern word "sand" comes from proto-Germanic *sandam. That in turn comes from Proto-Indo-European *bhs-amadho-.

proto-Germanic was an old language, from about 750 BC to 250 AD. Proto-indo-european is a group of related languages, from about 3,500 BC to 1000 BC. Between them is something called "pre-Germainic", but there are almost no records of it.

The word "sea" comes from proto-Germanic *saiwaz, meaning a large quantity (of anything). The English word, meaning the ocean, did not come into use until after 1200 AD. Before that, people would have used "ocean" or "great salt lake".

Cute, but that's not really where the word "sand" comes from.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=sand

And if you find sand a thousand miles from any sea, it's still called sand.

Old English sand, from Proto-Germanic *sandam (cognates: Old Norse sandr, Old Frisian sond, Middle Dutch sant, Dutch zand, German Sand), from PIE *bhs-amadho- (cognates: Greek psammos "sand;" Latin sabulum "coarse sand," source of Italian sabbia, French sable), suffixed form of root *bhes- "to rub."

I never thought of that, that's a good one

if it is so, it is unfair cause only 1 letter from sea and 3 from land. XD