Synonyms & related words for terrigenous

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of terrigenous. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to terrigenous

Explore words related to terrigenous — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include geosyncline, aggradational, cataclasis, eugeosyncline, geosynclinal, eugeosynclinal, pelite, taxitic. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does terrigenous come from?

The word terrigenous breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: terri, from Latin terra (“earth, land”); gen, from Latin gignere (“to produce, be born”); and -ous, from Latin osus (“characterized by”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.