Where does “terrazzare” come from?

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

terrazzare (Italian): To terrace

Definitions

  1. To terrace

Ancestry of “terrazzare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianterrazzobalcony; terrace; first-person singular present...
2Vulgar Latinterraceus
3Old Occitanterraland
4LatinTerraTerra goddess of the Earth
5Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

Words derived from “terrazzare

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