Etymology

terracotta

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Today it means: A hard red-brown unglazed earthenware, used for pottery and building construction. Full definition →

Italian terra
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  1. Italian · borrowed fromterra“earth”
  2. English todayterracotta

Borrowed from Italian terra (“earth”) + cotta (“baked”).

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