Where does “terrain” come from?

terrain (French) comes from Old French terrain, from Vulgar Latin terranum, from Latin terrenum, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

terrain (French): ground, landscape; field; lot, plot, parcel

Definitions

  1. ground, landscape; field; lot, plot, parcel

Ancestry of “terrain”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchterrain—
2Vulgar Latinterranum—
3Latinterrenumnominative neuter singular of terrēnus;...
4LatinTerraTerra goddess of the Earth
5Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

Words derived from “terrain”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →