telluric

The story

1. German · derived fromTelluroxyd
2. Latin · derived fromtellus“earth; earthy”
3. French · derived fromtellurique
4. English todaytelluric

A borrowing of French tellurique, from Latin tellus (“earth; earthy”) and Tellus (“Earth, Gaia”) and -ique (forming adjectives). Subsequently also from tellurium, originally in telluric oxide from German Telluroxyd.

Words from the same roots