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Where does “Tèrre” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Tèrre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchterreearth; soil; land, property
2LatinTerragoddess of the earth; the Earth itself; tierra ...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →