English
Turin
Turin comes from Piedmontese Turin, and goes back to Latin Augusta Taurinōrum.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEAugusta Taurinōrum
- PiedmontesemodernTurin
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEAugusta Taurinōrum
- PiedmontesemodernTurin
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
Connections to Latin taurus (‘bull’) are folk etymology.folk etymology The source marks this as unproven or a folk etymology. Quoted, not asserted.
Every English word from Latin Augusta Taurinōrum
Today it means
name A city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Turin and the region of Piedmont, Italy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin Augusta Taurinōrum / Turin