Where does “terre” come from?
terre (Latin) comes from Latin terreo, from Latin torreo, from Proto-Italic torzēō, from Proto-Indo-European tres-, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine, from Latin terminus, from Proto-Italic termenos — boundary, end.
terre (Latin): second-person singular present active imperative...
Definitions
- second-person singular present active imperative...
Ancestry of “terre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | terreo | I frighten, terrify, alarm; I deter by terror,... |
| 2 | Latin | torreo | I scorch, burn, parch; I roast, bake; I nip,... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | torzēō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tres- | to tremble |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 6 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 7 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |