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Tellus

The English word “Tellus” has 2 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. The goddess of the Earth in Roman mythology.
  2. The planet Earth.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tellus (“Earth, globe, world”), from Proto-Italic *telnos, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *telnos ~ *telnes-, from *telh₂- (“flat ground”), but reshaped after rūs. Otherwise, could derive from Etruscan 𐌕𐌖𐌋𐌀𐌓 (tular, “earth”).

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