Where from the name EARTH came?

Answer 1

he English word "earth" has cognates in many modern and ancient languages. Examples in modern tongues include aarde in Afrikaans and Dutch, and Erde in German. The root has cognates in extinct languages such as ertha in Old Saxon and ert (meaning "ground") in Middle Irish, derived from the Old English eorðe. All of these words derive from the Proto-Indo-European base *er-.

Several Semitic languages have words for "earth" similar to those in Indo-European languages. Arabic has ard; Akkadian, irtsitu; Aramaic, araa; Phoenician, erets (which appears in the Mesha Stele); and Hebrew, ארץ (arets, or erets when not preceded by a definite article, or when followed by a noun modifier). The etymological connection between the words in Indo-European and Semitic languages are uncertain, though, and may simply be coincidence.

Answer 2

If you believe the Bible, and I do , there is where you can find the word "earth" used, but the Bible has been translated so I am not sure it was used in the english form.. but here is a more educated guess
.Unfortunately, I think it's pretty impossible to say exactly who first named the planet 'Earth'. Actually, I really doubt one person really named it intentionally; rather it developed over time as part of the English language. Earth is Old English and German in origin, related to the Old Saxon 'ertha', the Dutch 'aerde', and the German 'erda'. Terra is a French and Latin word, and so isn't part of the 'Earth' etymology. I'm not really an expert on words and word origins, but it seems likely that people used Earth to mean 'land' and then it was the natural thing to refer to all the land and the planet. I tried to look up more specific details about the specific usage of the word over time, but even the Oxford English Dictionary (online) admits:

"Men's notions of the shape and position of the earth have so greatly changed since Old Teutonic times, while the language of the older notions has long outlived them, that it is very difficult to arrange the senses and applications of the word in any historical order."

Answer 3

Aparently this is a complex question. But I found an interesting site that claims 'Earth' is an Old English word that originates from the German "erda", and is related to the Dutch 'aerde' and Old Saxon 'ertha'.

I quote from my source: "it seems likely that [in the past] people used Earth to mean 'land' and then it was the natural thing to refer to all the land and the planet".

So it looks like we'll never be 100% sure where it came from but most likely the word has arisen from an amalgamation of languages and historical concepts.

Answer 4

The word Earth originates from the Middle English word, erthe, which came from Old English eorthe; akin to Old High German erda. This then traces back to the Greek, eraze from the Hebrew erez, meaning ground.

Answer 5

Terms that refer to the Earth can use the Latin root terr-, as in terraform and terrestrial. An alternative Latin root is tellur-, which is used in words such as tellurian and tellurium. Such terms derive from Latin terra and tellus, which refer variously to the world, the element earth, the earth goddess and so forth[3]. Scientific terms such as geography, geocentric and geothermal use the Greek prefix geo- (γαιο-, gaio-), from gē (again meaning "earth").[4] Astronauts and sailors refer to the Earth as "Terra Firma"

Answer 6

think about this! Earth=Heart and the earth is the heart of our universe! Not being the centre but I mean we could be classed as the heart of the universe because... hmm... im confused now! I dont know how to answers my own answer! jaja!

Answer 7

It sounds Homey.