tower

(Αγγλικός)

Συχνότητα

B1
Προφέρεται ως (IPA)
/ˈtaʊ.ə(ɹ)/
Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

In summary

From Middle English tour, tur, tor, from Old English tūr, tor, torr ("tower; rock"; > English tor) and Old French tour, toer, tor; both from Latin turris (“a tower”), Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis) (Hesychius), τύρσις (túrsis). Compare Scots tour, towr, towre (“tower”), West Frisian toer (“tower”), Dutch toren (“tower”), German Turm (“tower”), Danish tårn (“tower”), Swedish torn (“tower”), Icelandic turn (“tower”), Welsh tŵr. Doublet of tor, tourelle, and turret.

Related words

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ρυμουλκός

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υψούμαι

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’pirɣos

δεσπόζω

πυργούμαι

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