Where does “teren” come from?
teren (Romanian) comes from French terrain, from Old French terrain, from Vulgar Latin terranum, from Latin terrenum, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.
teren (Romanian): pitch; terrain, plot of land, ground, field, soil
Definitions
- pitch; terrain, plot of land, ground, field, soil
Ancestry of “teren”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | terrain | ground, landscape; field; lot, plot, parcel |
| 2 | Old French | terrain | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | terranum | — |
| 4 | Latin | terrenum | nominative neuter singular of terrēnus;... |
| 5 | Latin | Terra | goddess of the earth; the Earth itself; tierra ... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ters- | dry |