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
Ancestry of “terra”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Occitan | terra | land |
| 2 | Latin | Terra | goddess of the earth; the Earth itself; tierra ... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ters- | dry |
Words derived from “terra”