Words that come from Ancient Greek τόρνος

400 words across 52 languages descend from Ancient Greek τόρνος — including turned, turn, return, turning, turns, returning, attorney, tower.

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English (192)

French (33)

Italian (17)

German (15)

Hungarian (11)

Old French (10)

Finnish (10)

Latin (9)

Portuguese (9)

Spanish (9)

Dutch (6)

Romanian (6)

Russian (4)

Tok Pisin (4)

Esperanto (3)

Cebuano (3)

Middle French (3)

Galician (3)

Romansch (3)

Norwegian Bokmål (3)

Norwegian Nynorsk (3)

Middle English (3)

Norman (3)

Catalan (2)

Asturian (2)

Old Occitan (2)

Turkish (2)

Aromanian (2)

Japanese (2)

Korean (2)

Luxembourgish (2)

Alemannic German (2)

Welsh (1)

Chickasaw (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Hiligaynon (1)

Volapük (1)

Friulian (1)

Istriot (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Ido (1)

Yiddish (1)

Burmese (1)

Venetian (1)

Occitan (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Vietnamese (1)

Lower Sorbian (1)

Serbo-Croatian (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Walloon (1)

Old English (1)