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tornaria
Tornaria comes from Latin tornō ‘to turn’, from tornus ‘lathe’, 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 tornare‘to turn’
- Englishtodaytornaria
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 tornare‘to turn’
- Englishtodaytornaria
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘to rub, turn’
throw, thread, tragic, threshold, trout, detrimental, tyrone, thrash, detriment, overturn, attrition, termite, tribulation, trite, detritus, triage, truant, thresher, upturn, tyro, thresh, derma, 36 more
through Latin tornus ‘lathe’
through Latin tornō ‘to turn’
Today it means
noun The free-swimming larva of various hemichordates, such as in Balanoglossus.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- / tornaria