Where does “toret” come from?

toret (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman turette, from Old French Tur, from Latin Turris, from Ancient Greek τύρρις, from Ancient Greek τύρσις — tower, bastion.

Ancestry of “toret”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanturette—
2Old FrenchTur—
3LatinTurrisA river of Venetia, now called Torre
4Ancient Greekτύρριςtower, walled city
5Ancient Greekτύρσιςtower, bastion

Words derived from “toret”

Every word from Ancient Greek τύρσις →Every word from Ancient Greek τύρρις →Every word from Latin Turris →