Where does “terrain” come from?

terrain (Romansch) comes from Vulgar Latin terranum, from Latin terrenum, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

terrain (Romansch): land, soil; country, land

Definitions

  1. land, soil; country, land

Ancestry of “terrain”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinterranum—
2Latinterrenumnominative neuter singular of terrēnus;...
3LatinTerraTerra goddess of the Earth
4Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →Every word from Latin Terra →Every word from Latin terrenum →