Etymology

terra firma

Today it means: Continental land, as distinguished from islands. Full definition →

Latin terra firma ← ['la ',
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The story

  1. ['la · learned borrowing from',
  2. Latin · learned borrowing fromterra firma
  3. English todayterra firma

Learned borrowing from Latin terra firma (“solid land”).

Words from the same roots

['la', all →

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