Who named our planet earth?

Answer 1

Earth, unlike all of the other planets in our solar system, was not named after a god of Greco-Roman mythology. Instead, the name 'Earth' comes from the Old English/German words for 'ground', ertha and erde (respectively).

Answer 2

As human beings acquired more spoken language, they came up with words to explain or describe or "name" the things in their world. We see this in The Bible, when the story is told in the Book of Genesis that Adam named the things in his world-- the plants, the animals,etc. We don't know what Earth was originally called, but by the period of Middle English, the word we use today had been developed, referring to a place that was different from the heavens or the skies. A wonderful source for the history of words is the Oxford English Dictionary.

Answer 3

It comes from the word most German and English people in olden days used for planet. It is related to the Old Saxon word ertha.

Answer 4

It is unknown exactly who discovered it, but it was named after the Roman God of War. This god was related to the planet, because of its bloody red color.

Answer 5

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