earth
nameEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁er-der. Proto-Germanic *erþō Proto-West Germanic *erþu Old English eorþe Middle English erthe English earth From Middle English erthe, from Old English eorþe, from Proto-West Germanic *erþu, from Proto-Germanic *erþō (“dirt, ground, earth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁érteh₂ (“earth”). Cognates Cognate with Scots erd, yerd, yird, yirth (“earth, loam, mould, soil; ground”), Yola eard, eart, eord, eorth, erth (“earth”), North Frisian eerd, eerde, iarde, Iart, iir, jard, örd, Öört (“earth; world”), Saterland Frisian Idde, Äid, Äide (“earth; soil; ground”), West Frisian ierde (“earth; soil; ground”), Alemannic German Ëërde (“earth”), Bavarian Erd, Erdn (“world; soil; ground”), Central Franconian Ääd (“earth”), Cimbrian èerda (“earth”), Dutch aard, aarde (“earth”), German Erde (“earth; soil; ground; world”), German Low German Eer (“earth”), Limburgish eerd (“earth”), Luxembourgish Äerd (“earth; soil”), Vilamovian Ād (“earth”), Yiddish ערד (erd, “earth; soil”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish jord (“earth”), Faroese jørð (“earth”), Icelandic jörð (“earth”), Norn yurn (“the earth”), Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌰 (airþa, “earth”); also Latin ōra (“border, edge, rim”), Breton erv (“ridge between furrows”), Welsh erw (“acre”), Ancient Greek ἔραζε (éraze, “to the ground”), Lithuanian erdvė (“expanse, space”), Albanian varr, vorr (“grave”), Tocharian B āre (“dust, loose earth”), Sanskrit उर्वरा (urvarā, “fertile soil, field yielding crops”), Hittite 𒅕𒄩𒀸 (er-ḫa-aš /erḫaš/, “border, boundary, line”). Probably unrelated, but of unknown etymology, is Old Armenian երկիր (erkir, “earth”). Likewise, the phonologically similar Proto-Semitic *ʔarṣ́- – whence Arabic أَرْض (ʔarḍ), Hebrew אֶרֶץ (ʾereṣ) – is probably unrelated.
Definitions
Alternative letter-case form of Earth
Alternative letter-case form of Earth; our planet, third out from the Sun.
- The astronauts saw the earth from the porthole.
- We live in the flicker - may it last as long as the old earth keeps rolling!
Soil.
- This is good earth for growing potatoes.
Any general rock-based material.
- She sighed when the plane's wheels finally touched earth.
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The ground, land (as opposed to the sky or sea).
- Birds are of the sky, not of the earth.
A connection electrically to the earth ((US) ground)
A connection electrically to the earth ((US) ground); on equipment: a terminal connected in that manner.
The lair or den (as a hole in the ground) of an animal such as a fox.
A region of the planet
A region of the planet; a land or country.
Worldly things, as against spiritual ones.
The world of our current life (as opposed to heaven or an afterlife).
- "Beauty is truth, truth beauty,"—that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.
The people on the globe.
- And the whole earth was of one language, and of one ſpeach.
Any planet similar to the Earth (our earth)
Any planet similar to the Earth (our earth): an exoplanet viewed as another earth, or a potential one.
- New space telescopes may accelerate the search for other earths that may be out there.
The human body.
The aforementioned soil- or rock-based material, considered one of the four or five…
The aforementioned soil- or rock-based material, considered one of the four or five classical elements.
Any of certain substances now known to be oxides of metal, which were distinguished by…
Any of certain substances now known to be oxides of metal, which were distinguished by being infusible, and by insolubility in water.
To connect electrically to the earth.
- That noise is because the amplifier is not properly earthed.
To bury.
- The Miſer earths his Treaſure; and the Thief, / Watching the Mole, half-beggars him ere Morn.
To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth
To hide, or cause to hide, in the earth; to chase into a burrow or den.
- […]the Fox is earth’d,[…]
To burrow.
- foxes earth'd
The third planet of the Solar System
The third planet of the Solar System; the world upon which humans live.
- It's my theory that we'll keep being reborn on as many Earths as it takes until every person gets it exactly right from the moment they are born until the moment they die.
- The arrival of the new prefixes means the Earth can now be said to weigh six ronnagrams, and Jupiter about two quettagrams.
The personification of the Earth or earth, (chiefly) as a fertile woman or (religion)…
The personification of the Earth or earth, (chiefly) as a fertile woman or (religion) goddess.
The neighborhood
Derived
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Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at earth. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at earth. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at earth
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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