See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

EARTH (a word See also:

• COMMON

common to See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and See also:

• DAN

Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the See also:

• ARYAN

Aryan See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root ar-, to plough, which is seen in  the See also:

• LAT

Lat. arare, obsolete Eng . " See also:

• EAR (common Teut.; O.E. are, Ger. Ohr, Du. oor, akin to Lat. auris, Gr. ovs)

ear," and Gr. apouv, but this is now considered very doubtful; see G . See also:

• CURTIUS, ERNST (1814-1896)
• CURTIUS, MARCUS

Curtius, See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• ETYMOLOGY (Gr. grvµos, true, and X6yos, "account)

Etymology, Eng. trans., i . 426; Max See also:

• MULLER, FERDINAND VON, BARON (1825–1896)
• MULLER, FRIEDRICH (1749-1825)
• MULLER, GEORGE (1805-1898)
• MULLER, JOHANNES PETER (18o1-1858)
• MULLER, JOHANNES VON (1752-1809)
• MULLER, JULIUS (18oi-1878)
• MULLER, KARL OTFRIED (1797-1840)
• MULLER, LUCIAN (1836-1898)
• MULLER, WILHELM (1794-1827)
• MULLER, WILLIAM JAMES (1812-1845)

Muller, Lectures, 8th ed. i . 294) . From See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early times the word " See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth " has been used in several connexions—from that of See also:

• SOIL

soil or ground to that of the See also:

• PLANET (Gr. ssXavirrns, a wanderer)

planet which we inhabit, but it is difficult to trace the exact historic sequence of the diverse usages . In the See also:

• COSMOGONY (from Gr. K6Qµos, world and yiyvevGay to be born)

cosmogony of the Pythagoreans, Platonists and other philosophers, the See also:

• TERM

term or its See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent denoted an See also:

• ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

element or fundamental quality which conferred upon See also:

• MATTER

matter the See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of earthiness; and in the subsequent development of theories as to the ultimate See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition of matter by the alchemists, iatrochemists, and early phlogistonists an element of the same name was retained (see ELEMENT) . In See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• CHEMISTRY
• CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)

chemistry, the See also:

• COMMON

common term " earth " is applied to certain oxides:—the" alkaline earths " (q.v.) are the oxides of See also:

• CALCIUM [symbol Ca, atomic weight 40.0 (o= x6)]

calcium (See also:

• LIME
• LIME (O. Eng. lim, Lat. limes, mud, from linere, to smear)

lime), See also:

• BARIUM (symbol Ba, atomic weight 137'37 [0=16])

barium (baryta) and See also:

• STRONTIUM [Symbol Sr, atomic weight 87.62 (0=16)]

strontium (strontia); the " rare earths " (q.v.) are the oxides of a certain class of rare metals .