Where does “terrier” come from?

Terrier comes from French terrier, from Old French chien, from Latin canis, tracing back through Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ and keh₂n-.

terrier (English): A dog from a group of small, lively breeds,...

Definitions

  1. A dog from a group of small, lively breeds,...

Ancestry of “terrier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchterrierrelating to the ground, earth or land;...
2Middle Frenchterrier—
3Old Frenchchien terrierterrier dog
4Old Frenchterrier—
5Medieval Latinterrariusof earth
6LatinTerraTerra goddess of the Earth
7Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

Words derived from “terrier”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →