Where does “tournevis” come from?
tournevis (French) comes from French tourner, from Middle French tourner, from Old French torner, from Latin tornō, from Latin tornus, from Ancient Greek τόρνος, from Proto-Indo-European torh₂no-, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
tournevis (French): screwdriver
Definitions
- screwdriver
Ancestry of “tournevis”, step by step
tournevis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French tourner
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | tourner | to turn; to stir; to tour, to go on tour |
| 2 | Middle French | tourner | to turn; to return; to turn into; to change into |
| 3 | Old French | torner | to turn; to return; to go back |
| 4 | Latin | tornō | to turn |
| 5 | Latin | tornus | A turner's wheel, lathe; A potter's wheel |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τόρνος | A tool similar to a pair of compasses used to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | torh₂no- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |