Where does “terrassa” come from?

terrassa (Catalan) comes from Latin terracia, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

terrassa (Catalan): terrace

Definitions

  1. terrace

Ancestry of “terrassa”, step by step

terrassa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin terracia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinterraciaterrace; balcony
2LatinTerraTerra goddess of the Earth
3Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

via French terrace

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchterrace—

Words derived from “terrassa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →Every word from Latin Terra →Every word from Latin terracia →