Etymology Explorer › Old French

Where does “Turc” come from?

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

Turc (Old French): Turk

Definitions

  1. Turk

Ancestry of “Turc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval LatinTurcusTurk
2Byzantine GreekΤοῦρκος—

Words derived from “Turc”

  • Turkish
  • Turks
  • Turk
  • Turkic
  • Turkism
  • Turkification
  • Turkify
  • Turkology
  • Turkologist
  • Turkess
  • Turkery
  • Pan-Turkism
  • Proto-Turkic
  • Turke
  • Turk
Every word from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος →