Proto-Italic

*terzā

‘earth’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *terzā.

25 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *terzā, most familiar first.

• territory ← territorie ← territōrium ← terra
• terrain ← *terranum ← terrenum ← terrenus ← terra
• territorial ← territorialis ← territorium ← terra
• terrace ← terrasse ← terrassa ← *terrācea ← terra
• terra
• terrier ← terrarius ← terra
• fossa ← terra
• fosse ← fossa ← terra
• terrarium ← terra
• terrazzo ← *terraceus ← terra
• terroir ← tieroir ← *terratorium ← territorium ← terra
• disinter ← désenterrer ← enterrer ← enterrer ← enterrer

More words from *terzā

• terrigenous
• terrene
• dister
• fossulate
• fossula
• subterraneous
• subterrane
• subterrany
• terreous
• terraceous
• terraculture
• terrella
• trass

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *terzā