2007-01-19 22:11:32 · 4 answers · asked by free2fly 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
eorðe "ground, soil, dry land," also used (along with middangeard) for "the (material) world" (as opposed to the heavens or the underworld), from P.Gmc. *ertho (cf. O.N. jörð, M.Du. eerde, O.H.G. erda, Goth. airþa), from PIE base *er-. The earth considered as a planet was so called from c.1400. Earthy in the fig. sense of "coarse, unrefined" is from 1594.
2007-01-19 22:16:25 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont' know how the earth was named but i do know that the earth is the only planet which is not named after a greek or roman god. all the others are named after gods and godesses (venus being the only one)
2007-01-20 10:09:09 · answer #2 · answered by amandac 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Back in the days of cavemen a guy named Oop got stomped by a dinosaur he got a mouthful of dirt,he got up spitting and said"Ugh,earth" they called it that from then on. WE just just deleted the Ugh.
2007-01-20 07:03:09 · answer #3 · answered by Billy Butthead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I speak several languages, and in each of them, the name of our planet is very different. All of them translate to something like "land" or "dirt", though.
In other words: people around the world all named our planet after the stuff you stand on.
2007-01-20 09:30:43 · answer #4 · answered by Bramblyspam 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋