Where does “Tero” come from?
Tero (Esperanto) comes from French Terre, from Middle French terre, from Old French terre, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.
Tero (Esperanto): Earth
Definitions
- Earth
Ancestry of “Tero”, step by step
Tero traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French Terre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Terre | Earth; the Earth |
| 2 | Middle French | terre | earth; soil; land, property |
| 3 | Old French | terre | earth; soil; land, property |
| 4 | Latin | Terra | Terra goddess of the Earth |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ters- | dry |
via Italian Terra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | Terra | Earth |