Where does “later” come from?

later (Seychellois Creole) comes from French Terre, from Middle French terre, from Old French terre, from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

later (Seychellois Creole): land, earth, soil

Definitions

  1. land, earth, soil

Ancestry of “later”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchTerreEarth; the Earth
2Middle Frenchterreearth; soil; land, property
3Old Frenchterreearth; soil; land, property
4LatinTerraTerra goddess of the Earth
5Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →Every word from Latin Terra →Every word from Old French terre →