Where does “terracotta” come from?
Terracotta comes from Italian terracotta, a compound of terra from Latin terra and cotta from Latin coctus, both ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European ters- meaning "to dry."
terracotta (English): A hard red-brown unglazed earthenware, used for...
Definitions
- A hard red-brown unglazed earthenware, used for...
Ancestry of “terracotta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | cotta | feminine singular of cotto; surplice, cassock,... |
| 2 | Italian | cotto | cooked; smitten; past participle of cuocere |
| 3 | Latin | cōctus | cooked, having been cooked |
| 4 | Latin | coactus | forced, compelled, having been forced; urged,... |
| 5 | Latin | cōgō | to collect, assemble, gather together |
| 6 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |