tor

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. A craggy outcrop of rock on the summit of a hill, created by the erosion and weathering of rock.
2. A hill with such rock formation.

Adj

Alternative form of tore ("hard, difficult; strong; rich").

Concetti

monumento

lapide

tor

sinonimi

cairn

monument

tumulus

Gilead

-tor

Gilad

residual rock

Traduzioni

tor

نصب

Denkmal

Monument

Felsburg

μνημείο

βραχώδης κορυφή

mémorial

monument

roche résiduelle

tor

roc résiduel

monument

tor

🪲

monument

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/tɔɹ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: tor

Ereditato da inglese antico: torr

Affine cornico: tor

Affine gaelico scozzese: tòrr

Affine gallese: tŵr

Affine irlandese: tor

Affine francese: tor

Affine romancio: tor

Affine latino: turris

Affine greco antico: τύρρις

In summary

From Middle English tor, torr-, from Old English torr, tor (“a high rock, lofty hill, tower”), possibly from Proto-Celtic, compare Old Welsh *tor (“hill”); ultimately from Latin turris (“tower”), from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis, “tower”), of non-Indo-European origin.
Cognate with Cornish tor, Scottish Gaelic tòrr, Welsh tŵr, Irish tor, French tor, and Romansch tor/tur/tuor; the first four are Celtic (from Latin turris), the last two directly from Latin turris (from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis) and τύρσις (túrsis)). It is not clear whether the Celtic forms were borrowed from Old English or vice versa. Doublet of tourelle, tower, and turret.