Where does “Turk” come from?

Turk (Middle English) comes from Old French Turc, from Medieval Latin Turcus, from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος.

Ancestry of “Turk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchTurcTurk
2Medieval LatinTurcusTurk
3Byzantine GreekΤοῦρκος—

Words derived from “Turk”

Every word from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος →Every word from Medieval Latin Turcus →Every word from Old French Turc →