Where does “terrace” come from?

Terrace comes from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa, from Latin terra meaning earth or land, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ters- meaning dry.

terrace (English): A platform that extends outwards from a building;...

Definitions

  1. A platform that extends outwards from a building;...

Ancestry of “terrace”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchterrasseterrace; first-person singular imperfect...
2Old Occitanterrassa—
3Vulgar Latinterraceus—
4Old Occitanterraland
5LatinTerraTerra goddess of the Earth
6Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

Words derived from “terrace”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →