Where does “terrier” come from?
terrier (Old French) comes from Medieval Latin terrarius, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.
Ancestry of “terrier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | terrarius | of earth |
| 2 | Latin | Terra | goddess of the earth; the Earth itself; tierra ... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ters- | dry |
Words derived from “terrier”