enterrar
/enteˈraɾ/ · B1 · verb
to bury
⚰️ en + tierra (earth) + -ar: to put into the earth, like English inter
Built from en (in) + tierra (earth), with the ie shrinking to e. English inter and interment share the same Latin root, terra. The stick-a-point-in sense follows the same logic: pushing something down into a surface.