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terrier

/ˈteɹiə/TEH-ree-ur
/ˈtɛɹiɚ/TEH-ree-ur

Meaningas above

Common meaning: a small dog

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√TARS‘be dry, to thirst’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 139, p. 735 · scan
  2. Latinterra‘as above’source
  3. Late Latinterrariumsource
  4. Frenchterriersource
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsas above → a small dogterrier‘a small dog’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin terra ‘as above’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry terra, p. 632 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry TERRIER, p. 632 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • terra Latin “earth, land”

Related words

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