Where does “Terre” come from?

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

Terre (French): Earth; the Earth

Definitions

  1. Earth; the Earth

Ancestry of “Terre”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Terre

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters-