Where does “tare” come from?

tare (Champenois) comes from Old French terre, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

tare (Champenois): soil, ground

Definitions

  1. soil, ground

Ancestry of “tare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchterreearth; soil; land, property
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 French terre →
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