according to etymology:
"earth" (the roots of the word) means "ground" since very ancient times; "Earth" means "our celestial body" since astromomy became popular in Europe more recently (~1400 BC).
the word was overloaded/borrowed when we needed a word for the planet.
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2026-08-22 17:24:44 UTC
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