Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tellus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English

Syllables: tel-lus
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The goddess of the Earth in Roman mythology.

name

The planet Earth.

Literary

Example Sentences

"Perhaps the Custome of the Beggars, throwing the remainder of drinke out of the Dish on the Ground, may be derived from an Ethnick sacrifice to Tellus."
"Now they could see what the guide was telling them: that the pillars supporting the frontage were of red granite, mined in Sweden, flanked at either end by golden statues of Atlas and Tellus, bearing on their shoulders spheres depicting the heavens and the earth."
""Greetings, oh guests from Tellus! I feel more like myself, now that I am again in my trappings and have my weapons at my side." He attached a timepiece to the wrist of each of the guests, with a bracelet of the blue metal. "Will you accompany me to fourth-meal or aren't you hungry?""

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”).

Origin

Source language: Proto-Indo-European

Word Breakdown

Root: *telh₂-, *telnos, *telnos ~ *telnes-, 𐌕𐌖𐌋𐌀𐌓

Usage

Literary

Derived Forms

Tellurian

Frequently Paired Words

tellurian telluric tellurium

Synonyms

Terra Sol III

Questions

What does tellus mean?: The goddess of the Earth in Roman mythology.
Where does tellus come from?: It is traced to Proto-Indo-European.

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