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terra-cotta (n.)
1722, from Italian
terra cotta,
literally "cooked earth," from
terra
"earth" (see
terrain
) +
cotta
"baked," from Latin
cocta,
fem. past participle of
coquere
(see
cook
(n.)). As a color name for brownish-red, attested from 1882.
