English
Turk
Turk comes from Old French Turc, and goes back to Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k.
- Proto-Turkicprehistoric (reconstructed)*tür(ü)kreconstructed
- Old Turkicmodern𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜t²ẅr²ẅk²
- Classical Persianc. 900–presentتُرْکturk
- Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453ΤοῦρκοςToûrkos
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Turcus
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400Turc
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Turke
- Englishearliest quotation 1579Turk
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Proto-Turkicprehistoric (reconstructed)*tür(ü)kreconstructed
- Old Turkicmodern𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜t²ẅr²ẅk²
- Classical Persianc. 900–presentتُرْکturk
- Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453ΤοῦρκοςToûrkos
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500Turcus
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400Turc
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Turke
- Englishearliest quotation 1579Turk
Earliest quotation: 1579, John Lyly, Euphues: “Was neuer any Impe so wicked and barbarous, any…”
Every English word from Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k
Today it means
noun A person of an ethnically diverse linguistic group that speaks the Turkic languages.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Turkic *tür(ü)k / Turk