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Where does “alpestre” come from?

alpestre (Italian) comes from Latin alpestris, from Latin -estris, from Latin terrestris, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

alpestre (Italian): alpine; mountain

Definitions

  1. alpine; mountain

Ancestry of “alpestre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinalpestrisAlpine
2Latin-estris—
3LatinterrestrisOf or pertaining to the earth or land;...
4LatinTerragoddess of the earth; the Earth itself; tierra ...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry
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