Where does “tèrr'rie” come from?
tèrr'rie (Norman) comes from Norman Tèrre, from Old French terre, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.
tèrr'rie (Norman): earthenware
Ancestry of “tèrr'rie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norman | Tèrre | — |
| 2 | Old French | terre | earth; soil; land, property |
| 3 | Latin | Terra | goddess of the earth; the Earth itself; tierra ... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ters- | dry |