terra-cotta
n.
1722, from Italian terra cotta, literally "cooked earth," from terra "earth" (see terrain) + cotta "baked," from Latin cocta, fem. past participle of coquere (see cook, n.). As a color name for brownish-red, attested from 1882.
| 词汇 | terra-cotta |
| 词根词缀 | Online Etymology Dictionary terra-cotta n. 1722, from Italian terra cotta, literally "cooked earth," from terra "earth" (see terrain) + cotta "baked," from Latin cocta, fem. past participle of coquere (see cook, n.). As a color name for brownish-red, attested from 1882. |
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