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Where does “Turk” come from?

Turk comes from Middle English Turke, from Old French Turc, from Medieval Latin Turcus, from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος, ultimately denoting a member of a Turkic people.

Turk (English): A person from Turkey or of Turkish ethnic...

Definitions

  1. A person from Turkey or of Turkish ethnic...

Ancestry of “Turk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishTurkeTurk
2Old FrenchTurcTurk
3Medieval LatinTurcusTurk
4Byzantine GreekΤοῦρκος—

Words derived from “Turk”

  • Turkish
  • Turks
  • Turkic
  • Turkism
  • Turkification
  • Turkify
  • Turkology
  • Turkologist
  • Turkess
  • Turkery
  • Pan-Turkism
  • Proto-Turkic
Every word from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος →