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Where does “subtera” come from?

subtera (Ido) comes from Ido tero, from Esperanto Tero, from French Terre, from Middle French terre, from Old French terre, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

subtera (Ido): subterranean, underground

Definitions

  1. subterranean, underground

Ancestry of “subtera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Idoteroearth
2EsperantoTeroEarth
3FrenchTerreEarth; the Earth
4Middle Frenchterreearth; soil; land, property
5Old Frenchterreearth; soil; land, property
6LatinTerragoddess of the earth; the Earth itself; tierra ...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry
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