Etymology Explorer › Ladin

Where does “tera” come from?

tera (Ladin) comes from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

tera (Ladin): earth; ground; soil

Definitions

  1. earth; ground; soil

Ancestry of “tera”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinTerragoddess of the earth; the Earth itself; tierra ...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry
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