Etymograph

English

tori

Tori comes from Latin tori ‘nominative/vocative plural of torus’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtori‘nominative/vocative plural of torus’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2010same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtori‘nominative/vocative plural of torus’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2010same form

Earliest quotation: 2010, Andrés S. García-García, Current status of the torus palatinus and torus mandibularis: “While there is a hereditary component to tori, this…”

Every English word from Latin tori

Another origin of tori

  1. Japanesemodern取るtoru‘take, pick up’
  2. Japanese, derivedmodern取り
  3. Englishtodaytori

Today it means

noun A protective, epidermal thickening derived from the stratum corneum and found in high friction areas (such as the foot sole of a dog).

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