Задание №20474 ЕГЭ по Английскому языку

Today I found out how ‘Earth’ came to be called so. Firstly, it’s important to understand that nearly every language has its own name for the planet. However, the common thread in all languages                          (BE) that they                          (DERIVE) all from the same meaning in their origins, which is ‘ground’ or ‘soil’.

The modern English word and name for our planet ‘Earth’ is said to go back at least 1,000 years. Just as the English language evolved from ‘Anglo-Saxon’ (English-German) with the migration of certain Germanic tribes from the continent to Britain in the                          (FIVE) century A.D, the word ‘Earth’ came from the Anglo-Saxon word ‘erda’ and it’s germanic equivalent ‘erde’ which means ground or soil. In Old English, the word became ‘eor(th)e’ or ‘ertha‘. There is speculation that the origins of the word may be from an Indo-European language base ‘er’ which produced more modern adaptations of the word                          (USE) in languages today. What is certain though, out of all the planets’ names, Earth is the only one in our Solar System that                          (NOT COME) from Greco-Roman mythology. All of the other planets                          (NAME) after Greek and Roman gods and goddesses.