hello, when was the earth first called the earth? it must have been a long time ago!?

Answer 1

eorðe (pr. Ee-or-day) was an Old english term for kind of solid ground, or the material world (as oposed to the heavens, or the underworld). However, it was only since about 1400 AD that Earth was used to refer to this planet. This would coincide with the use of astronomy in Britain.
This is of course in English. Other cultures had astronomy millenia ago, and may have had words to describe the planet long before us.

Answer 2

Probably not that long ago.

First, for the entire object to be called Earth, one must realise thast there is an object that exists independently from the rest of the universe.

That concept did not come before some form of astronomy already existed (say 6000 years ago).

Our culture came through the Greeks (approx 2000 years ago) and the "object" on which we live was named after the goddess Gaia (and the sky after the god Ouranos).

The word Earth in English comes from Saxon, Icelandic, Danish and/or Swedish where that word means "home". These languages (especially Saxon) were instrumental in developing English vocabulary very early (1000 years ago or so).

All these languages are members of the Indo-European family of languages, which also contain Greek and Latin. Therefore, the word Earth as used in English to represent the planet on which we live is approximately 1000 years old (certainly less than 2000).

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Moses did not write in English. The first Bible in English was probably the work of John Wycliffe (around 1380).

Answer 3

Terms that refer to the Earth can use the Latin root terra-, such as the word terrestrial. There is also the alternative Latin root tellur-, as used in words such as telluric, tellurian, tellurion and Tellurium. Both terms derive from the Roman goddess Terra Mater, who was also called by the presumably more ancient name Tellūs Mater. Scientific terms such as geography, geocentric and geothermal use the Greek prefix geo-, derived from Terra Mater's Greek counterpart Gaia.

The English word "earth" has cognates in many modern and ancient languages. Examples in modern tongues include aarde in Dutch and Erde in German. The root also 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 are derived from the Proto-Indo-European base *er-. Given metathesis, we can find cognates of "earth" between terra and the modern Romance languages, for instance tierra in Spanish or terra in Portuguese.

Several Semitic languages have words for "earth" similar to those in Indo-European languages, although evidence of a link is not overwhelming. Arabic has aard; Akkadian, irtsitu; Aramaic, araa; Phoenician, erets (which appears in the Mesha Stele); and Hebrew, ארץ (arets, or erets when followed by a noun modifier

Maybe we'd all have a little more respect for our planet if it had a nobler name. Something other than Earth anyway. The word comes from roots that mean base. Even today, earthy implies low or common. And why not? What's more common than earth?

The idea of ennobling something by giving it a more dignified name is nothing new. There's empowerment, significant other, colorization, collateral damage, physically challenged, and friendly fire. So why not a prettier name for our planet? After all, earth is just another name for dirt. How would you feel if you were named dirt? I wouldn't name a dog, dirt. Do you know anyone or anything named after the Earth? The earthworm.

All the other planets have beautifully exotic names: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, Neptune... even Pluto sounds better than Earth. Why we've given better names to the moons of other planets--Ariel, Miranda, Triton. Where would you rather call home, Earth or Ganymede?

Why not name our plant after our greatest minds--Hypatia, Shakespeare, Confucius, Mozart, or Einstein? How about our great matriarchal gods? Thea, Selene, Diana, or Athena. Or Ella--for the most beautiful voice our planet has ever produced.

No wonder we treat the environment so bad. We put more thought into naming personal hygiene products. Let's face it, we call this world Earth because we've always called it Earth. And as long as we do, we'll most likely continue to treat it like dirt.

Answer 4

well,since the oldest and the best reference,reliable stocks of knowledge available to man is the bible,earth was called earth by the extra terrestial who visited earth along time ago before dinosaurs were created,remember the bible says there are terrestial living that God created and the non terrestial means Gods creation in a different form and of a different design which is not from earth,from other part of the universe.

Answer 5

The Earth's "legal name" is Terra named for the Roman Goddess the Earth Mother. We are Terrans not Earthlings.

Answer 6

The word "Earth" is Middle English ("oerfe"), about 600 years old. It seems to be derived from the German "erde," about 100-200 years older.

The ancient Sumerians about 7,000 years ago called it "Kelked." That's about the oldest language scholars have been able to read.

Answer 7

The 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-.

Answer 8

You can go back 2.3 billion years ago or even 3, Scientist do not have an exact date when earth was pronouced that.

I would go over NASA website to find out earth history or any earth scientific website that can give you alittle bit more history about earth. NASA is good and you can find many more resources there

Answer 9

See Genesis chapter 1:1 ... In the beginning God created the heaven & the earth... This book was written by Moses who lived about 1446 BC .. that makes it roughly 3450 years ago

Answer 10

From the bible. Genesis Chapter 1.