Where does “toori” come from?

toori (Finnish) comes from English Tor, from Middle English tor, from Old English torr, from Latin Turris, from Ancient Greek τύρρις, from Ancient Greek τύρσις — tower, bastion.

toori (Finnish): tor craggy outcrop of rock on the summit of a hill created by the erosion and weathering of rock

Definitions

  1. tor craggy outcrop of rock on the summit of a hill created by the erosion and weathering of rock

Ancestry of “toori”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishToran implementation of second-generation onion routing
2Middle Englishtor—
3Old Englishtorrtower
4LatinTurrisA river of Venetia, now called Torre
5Ancient Greekτύρριςtower, walled city
6Ancient Greekτύρσιςtower, bastion
Every word from Ancient Greek τύρσις →