Proto-Indo-European
*ters-
‘dry’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *ters-.
59 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *ters-, most familiar first.
- test ← testum ← testa ← torreō ← *torzeō
- territory ← territorie ← territōrium ← terra ← *terzā
- inter ← enteren ← enterrer ← *interrāre
- toast ← tosten ← toster ← torreō ← tostus
- terrain ← *terranum ← terrenum ← terrenus ← terra
- territorial ← territorialis ← territorium ← terra ← *terzā
- terrace ← terrasse ← terrassa ← *terrācea ← terra
- thirst ← þurst ← *þurstu ← *þurstuz
- terrestrial ← terrestrialle ← terrestre ← terrestre ← terrestris
- terra ← *terzā
- torrent ← torrente ← torrentem ← torrēns ← torreō
- tester ← teston ← testone ← testa ← testa
More words from *ters-
- terrier
- torrid
- fossa
- testy
- testa
- fosse
- terrarium
- terrazzo
- terroir
- terrine
- tureen
- testudo
- turon
- trishna
- disinter
- terrigenous
- testacea
- terrene
- dister
- fossulate
- fossula
- subterraneous
- subterrane
- subterrany
- testudinate
- terraqueous
- testaceous
- testone
- testudineous
- terreous
- terraceous
- testudinal
- testudinarious
- testacean
- testoon
- terraculture
- testudinid
- testudinous
- testudinoid
- terrella
- testaceotheology
- torsk
- tostado
- torrija
- touron
- trass
- turron
From Wiktionary, by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); adapted. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ters-