Where does “terrazzamento” come from?

terrazzamento (Italian) comes from Italian terrazzare, from Italian terrazzo, from Vulgar Latin terraceus, from Old Occitan terra, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

terrazzamento (Italian): terracing (a series of terraces)

Definitions

  1. terracing (a series of terraces)

Ancestry of “terrazzamento”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianterrazzareTo terrace
2Italianterrazzobalcony; terrace; first-person singular present...
3Vulgar Latinterraceus—
4Old Occitanterraland
5LatinTerraTerra goddess of the Earth
6Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →