Where does “girer” come from?

girer (French) comes from Italian girare, from Latin gȳrō, from Latin gȳrus, from Ancient Greek γῦρος, from Ancient Greek μίτρα, from Proto-Indo-European mey- — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.

girer (French): to turn

Definitions

  1. to turn

Ancestry of “girer”, step by step

girer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian girare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiangirareto turn, stir, turn over; to spin; to tour,...
2Latingȳrōto turn in a circle, wheel around, rotate
3Latingȳruscircle
4Ancient Greekγῦροςring, circle
5Ancient GreekμίτραA metal guard worn round the waist; A maiden's...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

via Latin gȳrāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingȳrāre
2Latinsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “girer

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mey-Every word from Ancient Greek μίτραEvery word from Ancient Greek γῦρος