Where does “juxtaterrestrial” come from?

juxtaterrestrial (English) comes from English Terrestrial, from Latin terrestris, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

juxtaterrestrial (English): Beside the land

Definitions

  1. Beside the land

Ancestry of “juxtaterrestrial”, step by step

juxtaterrestrial traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Terrestrial

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTerrestrialAn inhabitant of the planet Earth
2LatinterrestrisOf or pertaining to the earth or land;...
3LatinTerraTerra goddess of the Earth
4Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

via English juxta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishjuxtaIn males of most species of order Lepidoptera, an...
2Latiniuxtānearly, nigh
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →