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Where does “-estris” come from?

-estris (Latin) comes from Latin terrestris, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

Ancestry of “-estris”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinterrestrisOf or pertaining to the earth or land;...
2LatinTerragoddess of the earth; the Earth itself; tierra ...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

Words derived from “-estris”

  • terrestrial
  • Terrestrial
  • extraterrestrial
  • terrestrially
  • superterrestrial
  • semiterrestrial
  • nonterrestrial
  • terrestriality
  • terrestrialization
  • subterrestrial
  • circumterrestrial
  • extraterrestrially
  • intraterrestrial
  • unterrestrial
  • preterrestrial
  • terrestrialness
  • extraterrestrialization
  • extraterrestrialness
  • nonextraterrestrial
  • limnoterrestrial
  • terrestrialize
  • euterrestrial
  • terrestris
  • extraterrestre
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →