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Where does “termastro” come from?

termastro (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.

termastro (Esperanto): landlord; For quotations using this term, see...

Definitions

  1. landlord; For quotations using this term, see...

Ancestry of “termastro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EsperantoTeroEarth
2FrenchTerreEarth; the Earth
3Middle Frenchterreearth; soil; land, property
4Old Frenchterreearth; soil; land, property
5LatinTerragoddess of the earth; the Earth itself; tierra ...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry
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