Where does “teras” come from?

teras (Indonesian) comes from Dutch terras, from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa, from Vulgar Latin terraceus, from Old Occitan terra, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

teras (Indonesian): terrace; heart, pith; essence

Definitions

  1. terrace; heart, pith; essence

Ancestry of “teras”, step by step

teras traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch terras

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchterrasterrace; outdoor café
2Frenchterrasseterrace; first-person singular imperfect...
3Old Occitanterrassa—
4Vulgar Latinterraceus—
5Old Occitanterraland
6LatinTerraTerra goddess of the Earth
7Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

via Malay teras

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayterascore; heartwood the hard, central wood of a tree trunk
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*təʀasheartwood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →Every word from Latin Terra →Every word from Old Occitan terra →