terra
Latin
noun
Definitions
- ground, dry land
- earth, soil, dirt
- Earth's surface dry land and sea together, as opposed to the heavens
- the world, the globe, earth as a celestial object
- a land, a region, a country, a territory
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *terzā inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ters-eh₂, *ters- (dry).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ters-
Gloss
dry
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
干, 乾
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Aquaterra English
- Newfoundland English
- Terra English
- Terran English
- Terre Haute English
- Terrebonne Parish English
- Terreneuvian English
- Tierra Amarilla English
- aquaterrarium English
- athirst English
- bloodthirst English
- extraterrestrial English
- forthirst English
- reinter English
- saltierra English
- subterranean English
- subterraneous English
- subterrestrial English
- superterrestrial English
- terra English
- terracide English
- terracotta English
- terrane English
- terrarium English
- terre-tenant English
- terre-verte English
- terrel English
- terreous English
- terrestrial English
- territory English
- thirst English
- thirst-buster English
- thirster English
- thirstest English
- thirsteth English
- thirstful English
- thirstland English
- thirstless English
- thirsty English
- toast English
- terrakotta Finnish
- *interrāre Latin
- *terraceus Latin
- attorreo Latin
- contorreo Latin
- detorreo Latin
- dētergēns Latin
- extorreo Latin
- in Latin
- mediterraneus Latin
- mediterrāneus Latin
- medius Latin
- subterraneus Latin
- subterreus Latin
- terraceus Latin
- terrarius Latin
- terrenum Latin
- terrenus Latin
- terrestris Latin
- terreus Latin
- territorium Latin
- terrosus Latin
- terrārius Latin
- terrēnus Latin
- tescum Latin
- torrefacio Latin
- torrens Latin
- torrentem Latin
- torreō Latin
- torridus Latin
- tostum Latin
- tostus Latin
- mediterran German
- terrestrisch German
- Mediterraneo Italian
- atterrare Italian
- entroterra Italian
- interrare Italian
- mediterraneo Italian
- retroterra Italian
- sopratterra Italian
- sotterraneo Italian
- sottoterra Italian
- sterrare Italian
- terra Italian
- terrazzo Italian
- terreo Italian
- terrestre Italian
- terrigeno Italian
- terrone Italian
- tosto Italian
- terrarium Dutch, Flemish
- Terre-Neuve French
- Terreneuvien French
- bientôt French
- désenterrer French
- enterrer French
- méditerrané French
- parterre French
- plutôt French
- pomme de terre French
- sitôt French
- souterrain French
- tantôt French
- terrasse French
- terre French
- terrien French
- terrier French
- terrine French
- terroir French
- torrentiel French
- tôt French
- Mediterráneo Spanish, Castilian
- aterrar Spanish, Castilian
- aterrizar Spanish, Castilian
- desterrar Spanish, Castilian
- enterrar Spanish, Castilian
- mediterráneo Spanish, Castilian
- terrazo Spanish, Castilian
- terregoso Spanish, Castilian
- terrero Spanish, Castilian
- terrestre Spanish, Castilian
- terrón Spanish, Castilian
- tierra Spanish, Castilian
- μεσόγαιος Ancient Greek
- τέρσομαι Ancient Greek
- ταρσός Ancient Greek
- *pekʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *ters- Proto-Indo-European
- *ters-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *torséyeti Proto-Indo-European
- *tr̥s- Proto-Indo-European
- *tr̥s-nó-s Proto-Indo-European
- *tr̥s-yé-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *térstus Proto-Indo-European
- *térsus Proto-Indo-European
- takterrasse Norwegian Bokmål
- terrasse Norwegian Bokmål
- terrestrisk Norwegian Bokmål
- Mediterrâneo Portuguese
- mediterrâneo Portuguese
- terra Portuguese
- terrestre Portuguese
- térreo Portuguese
- *þarzijaną Proto-Germanic
- *þursakōną Proto-Germanic
- *þurskaz Proto-Germanic
- *þurstiz Proto-Germanic
- *þurstuz Proto-Germanic
- *þursuz Proto-Germanic
- *þurzijaną Proto-Germanic
- *þurznaną Proto-Germanic
- kontinent Norwegian Nynorsk
- subkontinent Norwegian Nynorsk
- takterrasse Norwegian Nynorsk
- terrasse Norwegian Nynorsk
- terrestrisk Norwegian Nynorsk
- þurst Old English
- þyrre Old English
- तृष्णा Sanskrit
- तृष्यति Sanskrit
- मृगतृष्णा Sanskrit
- thirst Middle English
- tost Middle English
- turmeryte Middle English
- alltathír Irish
- mac tíre Irish
- mórthír Irish
- tír Irish
- tíreolaíocht Irish
- tírghrá Irish
- Ísiltír Irish
- ísiltír Irish
- þurkan Old Norse
- þurrleikr Old Norse
- þyrsklingr Old Norse
- þyrstr Old Norse
- كركم Arabic
- كُرْكُم Arabic
- enterrer Old French
- terre Old French
- terrestre Old French
- terrier Old French
- tero Esperanto
- enterrar Catalan, Valencian
- terra Catalan, Valencian
- terrassa Catalan, Valencian
- terrestre Catalan, Valencian
- तरसना Hindi
- तृष्णा Hindi
- enterrar Galician
- mediterráneo Galician
- terra Galician
- terrestre Galician
- թառ Armenian
- թառել Armenian
- թարշամել Armenian
- țară Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- țăran Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- țărănesc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- țărănește Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- țărănime Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- تشنه Persian
- tir Welsh
- թառամ Old Armenian
- թառամիմ Old Armenian
- terc Old Irish
- tír Old Irish
- tíraid Old Irish
- tìr Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- çheer Manx
- Tèrre Norman
- terre Norman
- tèrre Norman
- terre Middle French
- *þurstu gmw-pro
- *þurʀī gmw-pro
- enterrar Old Portuguese
- terra Old Portuguese
- terreiro Old Portuguese
- *tīros Proto-Celtic
- taṇhā Pali
- tsarã Aromanian
- enterrar Occitan
- tèrra Occitan
- *terzā Proto-Italic
- terra Romansh
- tiara Romansh
- mediterraneu Asturian
- tierra Asturian
- terest Friulian
- tiere Friulian
- *tŕ̥ṣyati Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *tŕ̥ṣṇaH Proto-Indo-Aryan
- terra Old Occitan
- terrassa Old Occitan
- تشنہ Urdu
- terra Sicilian
- tyšnk' Middle Persian
- tera Venetian
- tost Venetian
- 𑀢𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀸 Maharastri Prakrit
- tara Dalmatian
- tiara Dalmatian
- tè Haitian, Haitian Creole
- téra Kabuverdianu
- later Mauritian Creole
- *tir Proto-Brythonic
- tere Walloon
- թառել Middle Armenian
- ತೃಷ್ಣೆ Kannada
- târre Bourguignon
- तान्ह Old Marathi
- 𑘝𑘰𑘡𑘿𑘮 Old Marathi
- tera Ladin
- terra Neapolitan
- tiera Istriot
- tarra Corsican
- terra Corsican
- tierra Aragonese
- later Seychellois Creole
- tière Picard
- tère Picard
- tera Lombard
- tir Old Welsh