Gyro Definition

Origin of Gyro

• From Modern Greek gýros a turning, gyro meat (partial loan translation of Turkish döner (kebap) turning (kebab) ) (from the turning of the meat on a spit) from Greek gūros circle perhaps akin to Armenian kor bent, curved and kuṙn back (of the body)

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• From Modern Greek gýros a turning, gyro meat (partial loan translation of Turkish döner (kebap) turning (kebab) ) (from the turning of the meat on a spit) from Greek gūros circle perhaps akin to Armenian kor bent, curved and kuṙn back (of the body)

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

• From Greek γύρος (gýros); from the turning of the meat on a spit.

  From Wiktionary

• Greek gūro- circular from gūros circle

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition