Origin of turn, tourism, attorney, tornado, torch
The verb turn (to rotate, revolve), comes from the latin tornare (turn on a lathe) from tornus (lathe), which is a transliteration of the Greek tornos (lathe; τόρνος).
From the same root.
English: turn, turner, torment, torch, tourism, tourist, tour, tourer, attorney, tornado
French: tour, tourisme, touriste, touret, alentour, tourillon, tourner, tournant, tourne, tournee, tornade, tournailler, tournoi, contour
Italian: turno, contorni, turismo, turista, tornare, torno, tornitura, torneocontorno
Spanish: turno, torna, contorno, turismo, turista, torno, tornilla, tornear, tornar, tornada, torneador, tornado, tornillo, torneo, contorno
German: Tour, Tourism, Tourist, turnen, Turnen, Turnplatz, Turnier, Kontur
In modern Greek (Romeika, the language of Romei-Romans/Ρωμηοί).
a) tornos: lathe [τόρνος]
b) tornaro: turn [τόρνάρω]
c) torneftis: turner [τορνευτής]
d) tourismos: tourism (loan from English/French) [τουρισμός]
e) touristas: tourist (loan from English/French)[τουρίστας]
f) tourne: tour (loan from English/French) [τουρ]
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