Who, and at what time, did somebody decide to call this planet "EARTH"?

Question

Seriously.

Answer 1

seriously speaking, at times before times all people was using seimetic language, and it was called by their tongue Ardth , which became earth in english and ha'artt in hebrew and Ard in arabic.

Answer 2

All of the planets, except for Earth, were named after Greek and Roman gods and godesses. The name Earth is an English/German name which simply means the ground. It comes from the Old English words 'eor(th)e' and 'ertha'. In German it is 'erde'. The name Earth is at least 1000 years old.

Answer 3

Earth means dirt. We walk around on a seeming ball of dirt. It's like asking what is the name of our species. The answer, human, means people. The latin word for our plant is Terra. Terra means dirt.

Here's a question back at you. What is the name of your house? I'll bet that for most people, they simply refer to is as their house.

Answer 4

Earth is just one name. Every language has its own name for earth. But who named earth Earth and when? How on earth would I know?

Answer 5

I don't remember the person's name, but it was around 1:37 p.m. when he decided the name.

Answer 6

No single person did; it is an old Germanic word "ertho" and does not mean "dirt", but "field"; other languages have different words, such as "terra".

Answer 7

Earth is also used to describe dirt so maybe that is where it came from.

Answer 8

The answer to that question is GOD.The time was in the beginning son.

Answer 9

I wish I knew. Your avatar is making me think I am afraid of clowns.

Answer 10

I'm not sure, but that is one cool yet disturbing picture.