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 Terra →Every word from Latin terrenum →