Where does “terglito” come from?

terglito (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto Tero, from French Terre, from Middle French terre, from Old French terre, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

terglito (Esperanto): landslide

Definitions

  1. landslide

Ancestry of “terglito”, step by step

terglito traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto Tero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EsperantoTeroEarth
2FrenchTerreEarth; the Earth
3Middle Frenchterreearth; soil; land, property
4Old Frenchterreearth; soil; land, property
5LatinTerraTerra goddess of the Earth
6Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

via Esperanto gliti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoglitito slide; to glide; to skate
2Germangleitento glide; to float; to move effortlessly; to...
3Middle High Germanglīten—
4Old High Germanglītanto glide
5Proto-Germanicglīdanąto glide; slide
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰleydʰ-to glide
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →Every word from Latin Terra →Every word from Old French terre →