Where does “terrain” come from?

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

Ancestry of “terrain”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinterranum
2Latinterrenumnominative neuter singular of terrēnus;...
3LatinTerraTerra goddess of the Earth
4Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

Words derived from “terrain

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters-Every word from Latin TerraEvery word from Latin terrenum
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