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Where does “terestru” come from?

terestru (Romanian) comes from French terrestre, from Old French terrestre, from Latin terrestris, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

terestru (Romanian): terrestrial

Definitions

  1. terrestrial

Ancestry of “terestru”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchterrestreearthly
2Old Frenchterrestreterrestrial; earthly
3LatinterrestrisOf or pertaining to the earth or land;...
4LatinTerragoddess of the earth; the Earth itself; tierra ...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →