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2) What was the origin of the word "Earth'?​

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Answered by Anonymous
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Etymology. Unlike the other planets in the Solar System, in English, Earth does not directly share a name with an ancient Roman deity. The name Earth derives from the eighth century Anglo-Saxon word erda, which means ground or soil. ... It became eorthe later, and then erthe in Middle English.

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Etymology. Unlike the other planets in the Solar System, in English, Earth does not directly share a name with an ancient Roman deity. The name Earth derives from the eighth century Anglo-Saxon word erda, which means ground or soil. ... It became eorthe later, and then erthe in Middle English.

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