Etymology of the English word terrazzo
the English word
terrazzoderived from the Italian word
terrazzoderived 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 terrazzo in English dates from the 20th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
