Where does “tor” come from?

Tor comes from Middle English tor, from Old French tor, from Latin taurus meaning "bull," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- meaning "to turn" or "cross over."

tor (English): A craggy outcrop of rock on the summit of a hill,...

Definitions

  1. A craggy outcrop of rock on the summit of a hill,...

Ancestry of “tor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishtor
2Old Englishtorrtower
3LatinTurrisA river of Venetia, now called Torre
4Ancient Greekτύρριςtower, walled city
5Ancient Greekτύρσιςtower, bastion
Every word from Ancient Greek τύρσις