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Where does “agreste” come from?

agreste (French) comes from Latin agrestis, from Latin -estris, from Latin terrestris, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

agreste (French): rustic

Definitions

  1. rustic

Ancestry of “agreste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinagrestisOf or pertaining to land, fields or the...
2Latin-estris—
3LatinterrestrisOf or pertaining to the earth or land;...
4LatinTerragoddess of the earth; the Earth itself; tierra ...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

Words derived from “agreste”

  • agrestement
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →