WHAT IS EARTH NAMED AFTER?

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WHAT IS EARTH NAMED AFTER?

[+] ballot by aya
ACTIVE Tue Jun 19, 07 - Wed Jun 18, 08
There is Mercury, Venus, Mars, etc. All named after Roman Gods, but what is the origin of Earth's name?

It's from Old English and Germanic
I don't really know
earth refers to the land, the soil, & by extension, the whole world

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COMMENTS:
Voted : It's from Old English and Germanic
The Greeks call it Gaia.

by skylab on Tue Jun 19, 07 6:50pm [+]

Voted : I don't really know
I probably knew it back in the Stone Ages.

by Truthseeker013 on Tue Jun 19, 07 8:06pm [+]

oh, Gaia, Earth should be called that instead. is it named after a god?

by aya on Tue Jun 19, 07 8:14pm [+]

Gaia had many other gods as children (Uranus of the sky, Oceanus, the Titans and so on).

by skylab on Tue Jun 19, 07 8:59pm [+]

I think it's the Old English translation of Terra Mater (Mother Earth, a roman goddess). In languages like Italian and Portuguese, TErra is the name they use to denominate the planet earth.

by seamus on Wed Jun 20, 07 1:12am [+]

It's named after Al Gore's concerts that he planned for July 7th.

by _Beelzebubba on Wed Jun 20, 07 9:40am [+]

tell me the answer

by Guest User from [162.83.134.149] on Tue Apr 15, 08 3:10pm [+]

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