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Where does “terrazzo” come from?

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

terrazzo (Italian): balcony; terrace; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. balcony; terrace; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “terrazzo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinterraceus—
2Old Occitanterraland
3LatinTerragoddess of the earth; the Earth itself; tierra ...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

Words derived from “terrazzo”

  • terrazzo
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