How did the Earth get its name?

Answer 1

From the 1001 planet names book

Actually....

The name Earth is an English/German name which simply means the ground. It comes from the Old English words 'eor(th)e' and 'ertha'. In German it is 'erde'. The name Earth is at least 1000 years old.

Answer 2

All of the planets, except for Earth, were named after Greek and Roman gods and godesses. The name Earth is an English/German name which simply means the ground. It comes from the Old English words 'eor(th)e' and 'ertha'. In German it is 'erde'. The name Earth is at least 1000 years old.

Answer 3

The Earth has no name, it has many and most of the other contributors have answered this with some half truths which all get to the bottom. Earth is old German/English, The Greeks and Romans did have a name for the land (bear in mind I say land as most people didnt know the world was a planet they thought it was the centre of the universe remember)

So no matter what language you speak or age your come from, the most common name for this planet.



is 'Home'

Lets try and keep it tidy please, its the only one we have.

Answer 4

It's the only planet (of the sun) which does not get its name from a god/goddess. (That doesn't answer your question!
The name derives from Old English and Germanic. There are, of course, hundreds of other names for the planet in other languages. In Roman Mythology, the goddess of the Earth was Tellus - the fertile soil (Greek: Gaia, terra mater - Mother Earth).
... Ptolemaic System of the Earth being at the centre of ... (Pronounced Steem-Runner): As yet I have failed to uncover the origin of the name 'Steamrunner' ...
The name origin and meaning of Urvi
Name: Urvi
Gender: (Female)
Origin: Hindi
Meaning: The Earth
I could go on but, if you are really interested try a search on "Earth name origin" or similar

Answer 5

Earth is the only planet whose English name does not derive from Greek/Roman mythology. The name derives from Old English and Germanic. There are, of course, hundreds of other names for the planet in other languages. In Roman Mythology, the goddess of the Earth was Tellus - the fertile soil (Greek: Gaia, terra mater - Mother Earth).

Answer 6

Dig deep. Earth is named after ENKI . They just don't want to tell you because it will let everyone down in what they have been told everywhere. But its really easy to figure it out. Just go to wikipedia and do a few minutes research. the common translation for ENKI is "Lord of the Earth": the Sumerian en is translated as a title equivalent to "lord"; it was originally a title given to the High Priest; ki means "earth"; but there are theories that ki in this name has another origin, possibly kig of unknown meaning, or kur meaning "mound". The name Ea is allegedly Hurrian in origin while others [5][6] claim that his name 'Ea' is possibly of Semitic origin and may be a derivation from the West-Semitic root *hyy meaning "life" in this case used for "spring", "running water." In Sumerian E-A means "the house of water", and it has been suggested that this was originally the name for the shrine to the god at Eridu. Later ENKI becomes the christian Lucifer. So in reality EARTH is Lucifer who is EA who is ENKI. thats the truth folks .

Answer 7

It was the scientist named earth man in the 1500 who called the earth the earth.

Answer 8

The spoken word "Earth" could hardly be easier on the ear or less demanding on the vocal apparatus. It must have beed a word that a primitive people found as useful as "you" or "I" or their local equivalents, dependent as they were on getting food from the soil. So it is hardly likely that they would choose a different word to describe that which they were standing on, and as that piece of land grew with their knowledge of their country and their continent, the word grew to encompass everything under their feet. Finally, as we found that the Earth was round, the word wrapped itself around the meaning just as the horizon wrapped itself around the surface under our feet into the beautiful blue sphere we know it to be.

Answer 9

Some trivia to go with the above - In Dutch 'potato' is 'aardappel' which literaly means earth apple (earth meaning ground).

Christians would have you believe that God wrote the whole dictionary.

Answer 10

The name come from the first person to fall over on to it simple really [earth]