English
turon
Turon comes from Spanish turrón, from Latin torreō ‘to scorch, burn, parch’, and perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ters- ‘dry’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ters-1‘dry’uncertain
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*torséyeti1‘to make dry, to cause to dry’uncertain
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*torzeō1‘to burn, scorch’uncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtorreō2as torrēre‘to scorch, burn, parch’by way of Catalan torróuncertain
- Spanishc. 1500–presentturrón3
- Tagalogmodernturon3
- Englishtodayturon3
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Latin torreo
- 2 Wiktionary, Spanish turrón
- 3 Wiktionary, English turon
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ters-Wiktionary, Latin torreo‘dry’uncertain
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*torséyetiWiktionary, Latin torreo‘to make dry, to cause to dry’uncertain
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*torzeōWiktionary, Latin torreo‘to burn, scorch’uncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtorreōWiktionary, Spanish turrónas torrēre‘to scorch, burn, parch’by way of Catalan torróuncertain
- Spanishc. 1500–presentturrónWiktionary, English turon
- TagalogmodernturonWiktionary, English turon
- EnglishtodayturonWiktionary, English turon
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ters- ‘dry’
territory, inter, terrain, territorial, terrace, thirst, terrestrial, terra, terrier, fossa, fosse, terrine, terroir, 38 more
through Proto-Italic *torzeō ‘to burn, scorch’
through Latin torreō ‘to scorch, burn, parch’
Today it means
noun A Philippine snack made of a fried and caramelized spring roll wrapping thinly sliced bananas.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “turon”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin torreo, Spanish turrón. 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 *ters- / turon