Where does “tur” come from?
tur (Romanian) comes from French tour, from Latin tornus, from Ancient Greek τόρνος, from Proto-Indo-European torh₂no-, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
tur (Romanian): tour; round; saunter
Definitions
- tour; round; saunter
Ancestry of “tur”, step by step
tur traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French tour
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | tour | tower; rook; apartment building |
| 2 | Latin | tornus | A turner's wheel, lathe; A potter's wheel |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τόρνος | A tool similar to a pair of compasses used to... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | torh₂no- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |
via Serbo-Croatian tur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | tur | aurochs, urus; buttocks |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | اوتورمق | to sit, incubate, live, remain |
| 3 | Old Anatolian Turkish | otur- | to sit |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | oltur- | to sit; to dwell, reside |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ol- | to be, become; to ripe |
via Old Church Slavonic тоуръ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Church Slavonic | тоуръ | bull |