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Where does “tero” come from?

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

tero (Esperanto): the earth's surface; soil, ground; solid ground,...

Definitions

  1. the earth's surface; soil, ground; solid ground,...

Ancestry of “tero”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchterreearth; soil; land, property; first-person...
2Frenchterrerto spread with soil; to crouch down, flatten...
3FrenchTerreEarth; the Earth
4Middle Frenchterreearth; soil; land, property
5Old Frenchterreearth; soil; land, property
6LatinTerragoddess of the earth; the Earth itself; tierra ...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

Words derived from “tero”

  • Tero
  • termastro
  • terŝoviĝo
  • teramaso
  • surtera
  • surteriĝi
  • terano
  • Mez-Tero
  • tertremo
  • terpomfingro
  • terpomfingroj
  • enterigi
  • tere
  • alterigi
  • ekstertera
  • terpomfloko
  • alteriĝi
  • terarmeo
  • terkrusto
  • terpomo
  • terpomo
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