terra.
earth, land, ground; country, region;
Meaning & usage
dry land (as opposed to watery parts of the Earth)
ground, floor (the surface of the land)
earth, soil, dirt, clay, clod (the substance generally composing the dry land)
land, country, region, territory (any given area of dry land)
earth (the entire surface of planet Earth; dry land and sea together, as opposed to the heavens)
the Earth, the globe, the world (as a celestial object)
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ters-der. Proto-Italic *terzā Latin terra From Proto-Italic *terzā, from Proto-Indo-European *ters-eh₂, from *ters- (“dry”). Doublet of torreō. Cognate with Ancient Greek τέρσομαι (térsomai), Old Irish tír, Sanskrit तृषा (tṛ́ṣā), Old English þurst (whence English thirst). Compare the semantics of Ancient Greek Ancient Greek χέρσος (khérsos).
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