Where does “terre” come from?

terre (Middle French) comes from Old French terre, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

terre (Middle French): earth; soil; land, property

Definitions

  1. earth; soil; land, property

Ancestry of “terre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchterreearth; soil; land, property
2LatinTerraTerra goddess of the Earth
3Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

Words derived from “terre”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →Every word from Latin Terra →Every word from Old French terre →
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