English
attorn
Attorn comes from Old French atorner ‘designate’, from torner ‘turn’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*terh₁-‘to rub, turn’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tórh₁nosreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*tórnosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτόρνοςtórnos‘a lathe’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtornus‘lathe’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtornōas tornāre‘to turn’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400torner‘turn’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400atorner‘designate’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500attournen
- Englishtodayattorn
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*terh₁-‘to rub, turn’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tórh₁nosreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*tórnosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτόρνοςtórnos‘a lathe’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtornus‘lathe’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtornōas tornāre‘to turn’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400torner‘turn’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400atorner‘designate’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500attournen
- Englishtodayattorn
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘to rub, turn’
throw, thread, tragic, threshold, trout, detrimental, tyrone, detriment, thrash, overturn, triage, trite, attrition, termite, detritus, tribulation, truant, thresher, tyro, upturn, thresh, derma, 36 more
through Latin tornō ‘to turn’
return, tournament, turner, tourney, 6 more
through Old French torner ‘turn’
Today it means
verb To transfer one's obligations from one person to another person.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- / attorn