tierra

Earth (planet of the Solar System in which all of humanity resides); land, ground (Earth surface not covered by oceans or other bodies of water); earth, soil (the unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth); land, terrain (an area of land or the particular features of it); land, terrain (reserved for growing crops)

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ters-der. Proto-Italic *terzā Latin terra Old Spanish tierra Spanish tierra Inherited from Old Spanish tierra, from Latin terra, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).