Where does “tūr” come from?

tūr (Old English) comes from Latin Turris, from Ancient Greek τύρρις, from Ancient Greek τύρσις — tower, bastion.

tūr (Old English): tower

Definitions

  1. tower

Ancestry of “tūr”, step by step

tūr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Turris

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinTurrisA river of Venetia, now called Torre
2Ancient Greekτύρριςtower, walled city
3Ancient Greekτύρσιςtower, bastion

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuhud

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantuhudknee
2Proto-AustronesiantuduSknee

Words derived from “tūr”

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