English
turnagain
From turn + again.
Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘to rub, rub by turning, turn’
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Latin tornō ‘to round off, turn in a lathe’
Proto-West Germanic *turnēn ‘to turn, lathe’
Old English turnian ‘to turn, rotate’
Middle English turnen ‘to turn’
English turn
Proto-Germanic *in gagin
Proto-West Germanic *in gagin
Old English onġēan ‘against’
Middle English agayn
English again
Today it means
noun The movement of the bobbin in producing the breadth, or series of narrow stripes, in one sheet, with distinct selvage on each strip.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “turnagain”. 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 / turnagain