Where does “Tierra” come from?

Tierra (Spanish) comes from Latin Terra, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

Tierra (Spanish): Earth

Definitions

  1. Earth

Ancestry of “Tierra”, step by step

Tierra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Terra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinTerraTerra goddess of the Earth
2Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

via Old Spanish tierra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishtierra—

Words derived from “Tierra”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →Every word from Latin Terra →