Where does “terremoto” come from?

terremoto (Portuguese) 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.

terremoto (Portuguese): earthquake

Definitions

  1. earthquake

Ancestry of “terremoto”, step by step

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

Words derived from “terremoto”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters-eh₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic terzā →