Where does “terraço” come from?

terraço (Portuguese) comes from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa, from Vulgar Latin terraceus, from Old Occitan terra, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

terraço (Portuguese): terrace

Definitions

  1. terrace

Ancestry of “terraço”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchterrasseterrace; first-person singular imperfect...
2Old Occitanterrassa
3Vulgar Latinterraceus
4Old Occitanterraland
5LatinTerraTerra goddess of the Earth
6Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters-Every word from Latin TerraEvery word from Old Occitan terra
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