Tellus
The goddess of the Earth in Roman mythologyThe goddess of the Earth in Roman mythology.
Значення
значень: 2(Roman)The goddess of the Earth in Roman mythology.
(книжне)The planet Earth.
Походження
Borrowed from Latin tellus (“Earth, globe, world”), from Proto-Italic *telnos, perhaps froBorrowed from Latin tellus (“Earth, globe, world”), from Proto-Italic *telnos, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *telnos ~ *telnes-, from *telh₂- (“flat ground”), but reshaped after rūs. Otherwise, could derive from Etruscan 𐌕𐌖𐌋𐌀𐌓 (tular, “earth”).
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