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Who First Named Earth?

Published in Earth Naming History 1 min read

Unfortunately, Earth's original namer is lost to history.

According to available information, pinpointing the exact individual or group who first named Earth is impossible due to the passage of time. Linguistic clues suggest a possible origin, though. The term "Ertha," an approximate spelling of "the ground" in Anglo-Saxon (an ancestral language of English), offers some insight into how early peoples may have perceived and named the planet.

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