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Latin
Etymology
Perhaps from Proto-Italic *terzestris, from *terzos + *-tris,[1] the first of which would also be the base of terrēnus. The suffix -tris is possibly also seen in bimēnstris, as well as palūster, equester, pedester. Reanalysis as terr-estris, as if derived from terra, would have yielded a new suffix -estris which is found in e.g. campester and silvestris. From a synchronic perspective of Classical Latin, terrestris indeed contained the -estris-suffix.
Pronunciation
Adjective
terrestris (neuter terrestre); third-declension two-termination adjective
- Of or pertaining to the earth or land; terrestrial, earthly.
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Descendants
References
- “terrestris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “terrestris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- terrestris in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- terrestris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- travel by land, on foot: iter terrestre, pedestre
- geographical knowledge: regionum terrestrium aut maritimarum scientia