Where does “terazzo” come from?

terazzo (Polish) comes from Italian terrazzo, from Vulgar Latin terraceus, from Old Occitan terra, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

Ancestry of “terazzo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianterrazzobalcony; terrace; first-person singular present...
2Vulgar Latinterraceus
3Old Occitanterraland
4LatinTerraTerra goddess of the Earth
5Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters-