English
tornaria
Tornaria comes from Latin tornō ‘to turn’, from tornus ‘lathe’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘to rub, turn’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*terh₁-1‘to rub, turn’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tórh₁nos1reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*tórnos1reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτόρνος1tórnos‘a lathe’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtornus1‘lathe’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtornō2as tornare‘to turn’
- Englishtodaytornaria2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin torno
- 2 Wiktionary, English tornaria
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*terh₁-Wiktionary, Latin torno‘to rub, turn’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tórh₁nosWiktionary, Latin tornoreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*tórnosWiktionary, Latin tornoreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτόρνοςWiktionary, Latin tornotórnos‘a lathe’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtornusWiktionary, Latin torno‘lathe’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtornōWiktionary, English tornariaas tornare‘to turn’
- EnglishtodaytornariaWiktionary, English tornaria
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘to rub, turn’
throw, thread, tragic, threshold, trout, detrimental, tyrone, thrash, detriment, overturn, attrition, termite, tribulation, trite, detritus, triage, truant, thresher, upturn, tyro, thresh, derma, 35 more
through Latin tornus ‘lathe’
through Latin tornō ‘to turn’
Today it means
noun The free-swimming larva of various hemichordates, such as in Balanoglossus.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “tornaria”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin torno. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- / tornaria