English
turnsheet
From turn + sheet.
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-Indo-European *(s)kewd- ‘to throw, shoot’
Proto-Germanic *skautijǭ
Old English sċīete ‘a sheet of linen’
Middle English schete ‘linen cloth’
English sheet
Today it means
noun A document keeping track of the moves made or actions taken in a turn-based game.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “turnsheet”. 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 / turnsheet