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contourné
Contourné comes from French contourné, from Latin tornō ‘to make round’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘to rub, turn’.
- 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 make round’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcontourné
- Englishtodaysame form
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 make round’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcontourné
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘to rub, turn’
throw, thread, tragic, threshold, trout, detrimental, tyrone, thrash, detriment, attrition, overturn, triage, trite, termite, detritus, tribulation, thresher, tyro, truant, thresh, upturn, derma, 36 more
through Latin tornus ‘lathe’
through Latin tornō ‘to make round’
Today it means
adj Facing sinister instead of dexter.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- / contourné