English
Terra
Terra comes from Latin Terra ‘goddess of the earth’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ters- ‘dry’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ters-‘dry’next step skipped: Latin terra
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CETerra‘goddess of the earth’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ters-‘dry’next step skipped: Latin terra
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CETerra‘goddess of the earth’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ters- ‘dry’
test, toast, thirst, inter, torrent, terrestrial, torrid, terrine, 45 more
through Latin Terra ‘goddess of the earth’
territory, territorial, fossa, terrier, fosse, terroir, 19 more
Today it means
name The Roman earth goddess, equivalent in the interpretatio graeca to Gaea.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ters- / Terra