ter · ​rene

te-ˈrēn tə-;ˈter-ˌēn

(adjective) earthy, earthly, temporal, terrestrial, bodily, materially

(noun) earth, terrain

(etymology) derived form the latin, terrenus, meaning “earthly,” “wordly,” or “of the land”

terrene as namesake

the word terrene has fallen out of modern speech.

terrene was widely used by naturalists, explorers, and authors of the renaissance and pre-darwinian eras. its usage drops in the industrial age. flash reintroduction of the word reappear in sci-fi and fantasy fiction of the flower-power decades.

we pick terrene back up to recenter the awe and connectivity to the natural world that our designs bring —here’s to outdoor living and to the reciprocal web of life within which we feed and are fed.