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
Ancestry of “Terre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | terre | earth; soil; land, property |
| 2 | Old French | terre | earth; soil; land, property |
| 3 | Latin | Terra | goddess of the earth; the Earth itself; tierra ... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ters- | dry |
Words derived from “Terre”