Where does “terrazzo” come from?

terrazzo (English) comes from Italian terrazzo, from Vulgar Latin terraceus, from Old Occitan terra, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

terrazzo (English): A faux-marble material used for flooring and...

Definitions

  1. A faux-marble material used for flooring and...

Ancestry of “terrazzo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianterrazzobalcony; terrace; first-person singular present...
2Vulgar Latinterraceus—
3Old Occitanterraland
4LatinTerraTerra goddess of the Earth
5Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →Every word from Latin Terra →Every word from Old Occitan terra →