Where does “terrazza” come from?

terrazza (Italian) comes from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa, from Vulgar Latin terraceus, from Old Occitan terra, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

terrazza (Italian): terrace; balcony; compartment

Definitions

  1. terrace; balcony; compartment

Ancestry of “terrazza”, step by step

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

Words derived from “terrazza”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →Every word from Latin Terra →Every word from Old Occitan terra →