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The name "Earth" is derived from both English and German words, 'eor(th)e/ertha' and 'erde', respectively, which mean ground. But, the handle's creator is unknown. One interesting fact about its name: Earth is the only planet that wasn't named after a Greek or Roman god or goddess.
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Bob Crane
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What Roy Kelley said! Couldn't have said it better myself!
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Roy Kelley
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Lynnea Miller
Bend, OR
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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What Roy said, and I believe in ancient times it was called 'Terra' . . .
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Palm Harbor, FL
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San Jose, CA
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Lyn Sims
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Thank you Roy. you said it best.
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Palm Harbor, FL
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San Jose, CA
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Nina Hollander, Broker
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Roy knows this well, thanks Roy Kelley
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Annette Lawrence , Pal...
Palm Harbor, FL
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Stevens Point, WI
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Give all the credit to Roy Kelley who nailed it!
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Roy Kelley to the rescue! I would have guessed the word for the world was older than that.
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Palm Harbor, FL
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Roy Kelley has this one....
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Annette Lawrence , Pal...
Palm Harbor, FL
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
3,071,489
Roy Kelley nailed this one!
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Annette Lawrence , Pal...
Palm Harbor, FL
5,005,614
Thank you Roy Kelley!
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Palm Harbor, FL
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Minot, ND
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In Roy we trust.
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Minot, ND
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God Bless Roy Kelley and Mr. Google.
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Palm Harbor, FL
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Bob "RealMan" Timm
Minot, ND
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I'm going to put my money on Roy.
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Annette Lawrence , Pal...
Palm Harbor, FL
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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What Roy Kelley and Candice A. Donofrio said. Terra, Tara the famous last scene in Gone with the Find, Earth, Dirt, Terroir. A
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Palm Harbor, FL
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We can always depend on our scholar, Roy Kelley.
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Annette Lawrence , Pal...
Palm Harbor, FL
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San Jose, CA
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Annette Lawrence , Pal...
Palm Harbor, FL
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Roy Kelley definitely has the answer
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Annette Lawrence , Pal...
Palm Harbor, FL
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Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041 I have to go with Roy Kelley 's answer.
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Annette Lawrence , Pal...
Palm Harbor, FL
4,800,082
No clue.
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Annette Lawrence , Pal...
Palm Harbor, FL
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One thing is sure it's not an English name/word
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Annette Lawrence , Pal...
Palm Harbor, FL
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Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041 - I was about to come up with an acronym!
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Annette Lawrence , Pal...
Palm Harbor, FL
711,852
I think Roy has the answer "down to earth" perfectly!
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Annette Lawrence , Pal...
Palm Harbor, FL
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I think Roy Kelley has this one.
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Annette Lawrence , Pal...
Palm Harbor, FL
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Because that's what the aliens who brought humans to this planet as a slave labor force called it!
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Candice A. Donofrio
Fort Mohave, AZ
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Annette Lawrence , Pal...
Palm Harbor, FL
2,781,163
Mother Earth is her full name...Lets here what others have to say
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Annette Lawrence , Pal...
Palm Harbor, FL
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You can't spell (or live a fulfilling life on) EARTH without HEART. - Tim
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PropertyMinder (Accele...
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Just heard this the other day on NPR (I think Radio Lab). I believe the word is a variation on a German word that meant ground; later, it came to mean to whole planet.
Now, what's of course there were other words before that to mean earth as there were plenty of people around before the Germans.
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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I agree with Roy because I have no idea
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Annette Lawrence , Pal...
Palm Harbor, FL
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Interesting question and good answers!
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Annette Lawrence , Pal...
Palm Harbor, FL
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Roy looked it up and so did I:
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/09/how-earth-got-its-name/
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