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Where does “agrestis” come from?

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

agrestis (Latin): Of or pertaining to land, fields or the...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to land, fields or the...

Ancestry of “agrestis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-estris—
2LatinterrestrisOf or pertaining to the earth or land;...
3LatinTerragoddess of the earth; the Earth itself; tierra ...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

Words derived from “agrestis”

  • agrestic
  • agreste
  • agrestemente
  • agresto
  • agreste
  • agreste
  • ogrozd
  • angrešt
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