Where does “terra” come from?

terra (Catalan) comes from Old Occitan terra, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

terra (Catalan): earth; land; ground

Definitions

  1. earth; land; ground

Ancestry of “terra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanterraland
2LatinTerraTerra goddess of the Earth
3Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →Every word from Latin Terra →Every word from Old Occitan terra →