torre
Catalan
noun
Definitions
- tower
- (chess) rook or castle
- (castells) a castell consisting of two castellers per level of the tronc
Etymology
Inherited from Old Occitan torre inherited from Latin turris, turrem (tower) derived from Ancient Greek τύρρις.
Origin
Ancient Greek
τύρρις
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- turre alba Latin
- turris Latin
- turris, turrem Latin
- turris, turrim Latin
- torre Italian
- τύρρις Ancient Greek
- tårn Norwegian Bokmål
- torre Portuguese
- tårn Norwegian Nynorsk
- tor Old French
- Torralba Catalan, Valencian
- alba Catalan, Valencian
- torreta Catalan, Valencian
- torre Old Portuguese
- torre Occitan
- tor Romansh
- tuor Romansh
- tur Romansh
- torre Asturian
- torre Old Occitan
- torre Aragonese
- torr Lombard