Etymology of the English word terrace
the English word
terracederived from the Old French word
terrassederived from the Old Provençal word
terrassaderived from the Latin root
*terraceaderived from the Latin word
terraceusderived from the Latin word
terra (earth, land, ground)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ters-derived from the Old French word
terracederived from the Old Provençal word
terrassaderived from the Latin root
*terraceaderived from the Latin word
terraceusderived from the Latin word
terra (earth, land, ground)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ters-Date
The earliest known usage of terrace in English dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in English
terraced,
terracingCognates
Dutch
terras, French
terrasse, German
Terrasse, Norwegian
terrasse, Swedish
terrassUsage
Word found in Modern English
