Where does “terroir” come from?

terroir (French) comes from Vulgar Latin terratorium, from Classical Latin territorium, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

terroir (French): soil; land, landscape, country

Definitions

  1. soil; land, landscape, country

Ancestry of “terroir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinterratorium—
2Classical LatinterritoriumThe land around or within the boundaries of a...
3LatinTerraTerra goddess of the Earth
4Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

Words derived from “terroir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →Every word from Latin Terra →Every word from Classical Latin territorium →