Word Origin Summary

Terre is attested in Middle French. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. terraLatininherited from
2. terreFrenchinherited from
3. *terzāProto-Italicinherited from

Descendants and Related Terms

• tero

  Esperanto · borrowed from

• later

  Mauritian Creole · derived from

• Terre Haute

  English · derived from

• Terreneuvian

  English · derived from

• Terrebonne Parish

  English · derived from

• terre-tenant

  English · derived from

• tè

  Plateau Haitian Creole · derived from

• latè

  Plateau Haitian Creole · derived from

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