myEtymology.com: English etymology of counterturn

Etymology of the English word counterturn

the English word counterturn

derived from the English word turn

derived from the Old French word torner

derived from the Latin word tornare (turn, make round by turning on a lathe; round off)

derived from the Latin word tornus (lathe; turner's lathe)

derived from the Greek word tornos, τόρνος

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *terə-

using the English prefix counter-