Where does “tersa” come from?
tersa (Italian) comes from Italian terso, from Latin tersus, from Latin tergo, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
tersa (Italian): feminine singular of terso
Definitions
- feminine singular of terso
Ancestry of “tersa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | terso | past participle of tergere; clear; taut |
| 2 | Latin | tersus | clean, neat, rubbed or wiped , cleansed, having... |
| 3 | Latin | tergo | Alternative form of tergeō; ablative singular of... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |