aterrizar
/ateriˈθaɾ/ · B1 · verb
to land (e.g. an airplane); to come back to reality, to stop dreaming
✈️🛬 a-TERR-izar = to (a) the earth (Latin terra): come down to ground
Built from a- (to) + tierra/terra (earth, ground) + -izar (verb ending). A plane that aterriza reaches the ground; a dreamer who aterriza comes back down to earth. Same root as terrain and territory.