Where does “terrine” come from?

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

terrine (French): terrine dish

Definitions

  1. terrine dish

Ancestry of “terrine”, step by step

terrine traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French Terre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchTerreEarth; the Earth
2Middle Frenchterreearth; soil; land, property
3Old Frenchterreearth; soil; land, property
4LatinTerraTerra goddess of the Earth
5Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

via Old French terrin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchterrin—
2Latinterrinus—
3Latinterrēnusearthly
4Proto-Italic*terzeznos—

via Middle French terrine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchterrine—

Words derived from “terrine”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →Every word from Latin Terra →Every word from Old French terre →