turris
Latin
noun
Definitions
- tower
- (Late Latin) a rook
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek τύρρις.
Origin
Ancient Greek
τύρρις
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Torquay English
- tor English
- torlike English
- tour English
- tower English
- torni Finnish
- Tyrrhenia Latin
- taurus Latin
- turrem Latin
- turriger Latin
- turris, turrem Latin
- turris, turrim Latin
- Aussichtsturm German
- Eiffelturm German
- Elfenbeinturm German
- Fallturm German
- Feuerturm German
- Fährturm German
- Glockenturm German
- Kirchturm German
- Kühlturm German
- Leuchtturm German
- Pulverturm German
- Sprungturm German
- Tour German
- Turm German
- Turmbauer German
- Turmfalke German
- Turmspitze German
- Turmuhr German
- Uhrenturm German
- Wachturm German
- Wasserturm German
- Zwiebelturm German
- torony Hungarian
- tour Dutch, Flemish
- tour French
- tourelle French
- touriste French
- тур Russian
- тура Russian
- Τυρρηνός Ancient Greek
- Τυρρηνῐ́ᾱ Ancient Greek
- τύρρις Ancient Greek
- tur Norwegian Bokmål
- tårn Norwegian Bokmål
- blek tornseglare Swedish
- klocktorn Swedish
- torn Swedish
- tornfalk Swedish
- tornseglare Swedish
- tornuggla Swedish
- tur Swedish
- vattentorn Swedish
- tur Norwegian Nynorsk
- tårn Norwegian Nynorsk
- fyrtorr Old English
- torr Old English
- tūr Old English
- tor Middle English
- touret Middle English
- túr Irish
- turn Old Norse
- tur Danish
- *torn Old French
- tor Old French
- torete Old French
- torn Old French
- tour Old French
- tur Old French
- turo Esperanto
- turn Icelandic
- tur Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- turn Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- tură Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- toer Middle Dutch
- torn Old High German
- turn Old High German
- tornis Latvian
- turmo Ido
- tùr Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- turm Middle High German
- turn Middle High German
- Tuerm Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- turn Old Dutch
- torn Middle Low German
- tōrn Middle Low German
- torri Maltese
- toer Western Frisian
- torm Lower Sorbian
- tüm Volapük
- Toorn Low German
- turette xno
- *tor Old Welsh
- twrr Old Welsh