English
turm
Turm comes from Latin turma ‘troop, squadron, team’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEturma‘troop, squadron, team’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400turme
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500turmes
- Englishearliest quotation 1671turm
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEturma‘troop, squadron, team’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400turme
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500turmes
- Englishearliest quotation 1671turm
Earliest quotation: 1671, John Milton, The Fourth Book: “Thence to the gates caſt round thine eye, and…”
Every English word from Latin turma
Today it means
noun A group of people, especially a military unit of cavalrymen.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin turma / turm