Where does “tèrrain” come from?

tèrrain (Norman) comes from Old French terrain, from Vulgar Latin terranum, from Latin terrenum, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

tèrrain (Norman): land

Definitions

  1. land

Ancestry of “tèrrain”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchterrain—
2Vulgar Latinterranum—
3Latinterrenumnominative neuter singular of terrēnus;...
4LatinTerraTerra goddess of the Earth
5Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →Every word from Latin Terra →Every word from Latin terrenum →