tornar

Galician

/toɾˈnaɾ/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to turn
  • (transitive) to turn back
  • (intransitive) to return
  • (intransitive) to change; to transform; to become
  • (intransitive) to repugn

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tornāre, tornō (turn) derived from Ancient Greek τόρνος (turning lathe, carpenter's tool for drawing a circle, turning-lathe a tool used for making circles, a tool used for making circles) derived from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (rub, turn, twist, bore, drill, rub by twisting, pierce, rub by turning, twisting, turnVerb, rub by twistVerb).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*terh₁-

Gloss

rub, turn, twist, bore, drill, rub by twisting, pierce, rub by turning, twisting, turnVerb, rub by twistVerb

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms