Where does “extraterrestrisch” come from?

extraterrestrisch (German) comes from German terrestrisch, from Latin terrestris, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

extraterrestrisch (German): extraterrestrial

Definitions

  1. extraterrestrial

Ancestry of “extraterrestrisch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanterrestrischterrestrial
2LatinterrestrisOf or pertaining to the earth or land;...
3LatinTerraTerra goddess of the Earth
4Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →Every word from Latin Terra →Every word from Latin terrestris →