also,do all countries large and small call it by the same name no matter what the language?,,and if it is indeed universal {sorry} how was it possibly agreed upon,,i would be surprised.
2006-12-28 07:27:41 · 8 answers · asked by tj s 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
It was a guy named Joe Zibowitz who lives over on 19th street.--He woke up one morning, looked at the globe on his desk and said " what on God's green earth is that"?
2006-12-28 07:37:22 · answer #1 · answered by big j 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Old English 'oerde' (except it's not a d, it's the rune thingy that sounds more like a th). It means ground, soil, dry land. Old German was 'erda', Old Saxon, 'ertha.'
Hebrew is 'adamah.' You'll recognize the first part of it.
No one named it. People just needed a word to for the land they walked on.
2006-12-28 15:50:04 · answer #2 · answered by The angels have the phone box. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our planet has never been named. Earth is generally accepted by the inhabitants, but has not passed the universe general assembly.
2006-12-28 15:30:42 · answer #3 · answered by Boilerfan 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
English =earth
French =terre
Spanish = tierra
Italiana = terra
German = Masse
2006-12-28 15:32:35 · answer #4 · answered by bacha2_33461 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Moonians before they went extinct.
2006-12-28 15:30:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Terra is the accepted name coming from the Latin word for earth. We are Terrestrials, aliens are extra-terrestrials.
2006-12-28 15:32:54 · answer #6 · answered by diogenese_97 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
someone did im sure
2006-12-28 15:29:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
good question...i second it.
2006-12-28 15:29:22 · answer #8 · answered by vix9 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋