where did the name Earth come from? what does it mean and who named it?

Answer 1

God.

Answer 2

arbitrariness: "Based on or subject to individual judgment or preference" what we call objects, places, people, items, creatures, animals and so on is arbitrary, that is there is no exact or direct relation between the object and what we call that object. For example, you do not call a dog "a dog" because it has four legs, or it barks. what ever thing you might think about should not require such a question, at least until linguistics shall find the anwer to the question how language emerged (there are theorires however), only then we are gonna be able tell how, why and when we name things such as "earth" in your question.. i dont think i could give an exact answer yet provided you with another viewpoint. This was the lexical(word based) aproach, however, according to bible : ) adam called objects on earth, most probalbly it was him to call earth "earth" as well, or God who created earth and named it, then adam came and named objects on earth..

Answer 3

Main Entry: 1earth
Pronunciation: '&rth
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English erthe, from Old English eorthe; akin to Old High German erda earth, Greek era
1 : the fragmental material composing part of the surface of the globe; especially : cultivable soil
2 : the sphere of mortal life as distinguished from spheres of spirit life -- compare HEAVEN, HELL
3 a : areas of land as distinguished from sea and air b : the solid footing formed of soil : GROUND
4 often capitalized : the planet on which we live that is third in order from the sun -- see PLANET table
5 a : the people of the planet Earth b : the mortal human body c : the pursuits, interests, and pleasures of earthly life as distinguished from spiritual concerns
6 : the lair of a burrowing animal
7 : an excessive amount of money -- used with the
- earth·like /-"lIk/ adjective
- on earth -- used as an intensive

Answer 4

It's definitely not an arab word.

It's a very old world, and has cognates in all germanic languages, so you'll never know who first called it that (or at least the word it stems from). It probably stems from an even older Indo-european word.

Answer 5

[Middle English erthe, from Old English eorthe; see er-2 in Indo-European roots.]

taken from : www.thefreedictionary.com

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Answer 6

origin arabic word