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Where does “τόρμος” come from?

τόρμος (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European tórmos, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

Ancestry of “τόρμος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeantórmosborehole
2Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce
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