Words that come from Old French “terre”

97 words across 25 languages descend from Old French terre — including terrace, parterre, tureen, terrene, terrine, terrasse, subterrene, terracelike.

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French (22)

Esperanto (21)

English (15)

Norman (7)

Dutch (5)

Italian (4)

German (3)

Greek (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Middle French (1)

Indonesian (1)

Polish (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Swedish (1)

Ido (1)

Danish (1)

Seychellois Creole (1)

Lower Sorbian (1)

Portuguese (1)

Mauritian Creole (1)

Spanish (1)

Romanian (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Wolof (1)

Walloon (1)