Where does “toren” come from?

toren (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch torre, from Old Dutch turn, from Old French Tur, from Latin Turris, from Ancient Greek τύρρις, from Ancient Greek τύρσις — tower, bastion.

toren (Dutch): tower; rook; The fin or sail of a submarine

Definitions

  1. tower; rook; The fin or sail of a submarine

Ancestry of “toren”, step by step

toren traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Dutch torre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchtorre—
2Old Dutchturn—
3Old FrenchTur—
4LatinTurrisA river of Venetia, now called Torre
5Ancient Greekτύρριςtower, walled city
6Ancient Greekτύρσιςtower, bastion

via Turkish töre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Turkishtörecustom, law; administration
2Proto-Germanicþurbanąto need, to require; to have to
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterp-to satisfy

Words derived from “toren”

Every word from Ancient Greek τύρσις →Every word from Ancient Greek τύρρις →Every word from Latin Turris →