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Where does “terremote” come from?

terremote (Old French) comes from Latin terraemotus, from Latin terrae, from Latin terra, from Proto-Italic terzā, from Proto-Indo-European ters-eh₂, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

Ancestry of “terremote”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinterraemotusearthquake
2Latinterraenominative plural of terra; genitive singular of...
3Latinterraground, dry land; earth, soil, dirt; Earth's...
4Proto-Italicterzā—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanters-eh₂—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

Words derived from “terremote”

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