Where does “Turnu Măgurele” come from?
Turnu Măgurele (Romanian) comes from Romanian turn, from German turm, from Middle High German turn, from Old High German turn, from Old French torn, from Old French tour, from Old French torner, from Latin tornō — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
Ancestry of “Turnu Măgurele”, step by step
Turnu Măgurele traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian turn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | turn | tower; rook |
| 2 | German | turm | tower, spire very tall building or structure, especially with a tapering top |
| 3 | Middle High German | turn | tower |
| 4 | Old High German | turn | tower |
| 5 | Old French | torn | — |
| 6 | Old French | tour | tower |
| 7 | Old French | torner | to turn; to return; to go back |
| 8 | Latin | tornō | to turn |
| 9 | Latin | tornus | A turner's wheel, lathe; A potter's wheel |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | τόρνος | A tool similar to a pair of compasses used to... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | torh₂no- | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |
via Romanian măgurică
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | măgurică | small hill |
| 2 | Romanian | -ică | forms diminutives |
| 3 | French | -ique | Used to form adjectives from nouns: -ic, -ical,... |
| 4 | Middle French | -ique | ic |
| 5 | Old French | -ique | -ic |
| 6 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-ikos | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or pertaining to' |