Where does “aterrar” come from?

aterrar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese Terra, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

aterrar (Portuguese): to terrorize; to land

Definitions

  1. to terrorize; to land

Ancestry of “aterrar”, step by step

aterrar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese Terra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseTerraEarth
2LatinTerraTerra goddess of the Earth
3Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

via Latin terrēre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinterrēre—
2Proto-Indo-Europeantre-to shake

Words derived from “aterrar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →Every word from Latin Terra →Every word from Portuguese Terra →