As for the Chinese word "Earth", it is believed that Matteo Ricci created it in the 6th century/kloc-0:
In the upper left corner of the Great General Geographic Map (1602), there is also a signed article by Matteo Ricci. The title of this article is "On the Distance of the Earth and the Geometry Larger than the Star of Nine Days? The word "earth" was found in this topic, which is the first example of "earth" in Chinese. In this article, Matteo Ricci explained the distance between the earth and several major planets and the ratio of the size of the earth to these planets. Japanese scholar Arakawa Kiyohide believes that Matteo Ricci's "Earth" was created according to the structure of the celestial sphere.