How did Earth get its name?

So it's time we get to our little blue marble in our little series about how Planets managed to snag the names that they have.

Photo of Earth taken by the Apollo 17 Crew

So Earth, unlike every other planet in our solar system, is the only planet in our system not to actually be named after a Roman god. We actually don't know whom actually coined the first use of naming our planet Earth, only that we have used it to name our planet for roughly 1000 years, but we do however have a history on the word itself. Earth is actually a combination of both English and German which essentially both mean Ground. So essentially we named our planet after the ground on which we stand on! I always found it semi-funny that we named our planet ground since it is mostly made up of water!

Bonus Video:
In spirit of talking about our home I'd like to share a short video from the National Geographic YouTube channel of the ISS showing some beautiful footage of our planet while it orbits around us

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Thanks for reading and keep your eyes on the night sky!