Where does “torre” come from?

torre (Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl) comes from Spanish torre, from Old Spanish torre, from Latin Turris, from Ancient Greek τύρρις, from Ancient Greek τύρσις — tower, bastion.

torre (Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl): tower

Definitions

  1. tower

Ancestry of “torre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtorretower; rook; skyscraper
2Old Spanishtorretower
3LatinTurrisA river of Venetia, now called Torre
4Ancient Greekτύρριςtower, walled city
5Ancient Greekτύρσιςtower, bastion
Every word from Ancient Greek τύρσιςEvery word from Ancient Greek τύρριςEvery word from Latin Turris