tourner

Walloon

verb
Definitions
  • (intransitive) to turn

Etymology

Inherited from Old French torner (turn) inherited from Latin tornāre, torno, tornō (turn) derived from Ancient Greek τόρνος (turning lathe, carpenter's tool for drawing a circle, turning-lathe a tool used for making circles, a tool used for making circles).

Origin

Ancient Greek

τόρνος

Gloss

turning lathe, carpenter's tool for drawing a circle, turning-lathe a tool used for making circles, a tool used for making circles

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