Etymology of the English word turnaround
the English word
turnaroundderived from the English word
aroundderived from the English word
a-using the Greek prefix
a-, ἀ- (an- not, without)
derived from the English word
roundderived from the Old French word
rontderived from the Classical Latin word
rotundus (round, circular; wheel-like)
derived from the Latin word
rotare (to whirl about; whirl round; revolve, rotate)
derived from the Latin word
rota (wheel)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ret-derived from the Anglo-Norman word
roundederived from the Old French word
rondderived from the Vulgar Latin root
*retundusderived from the Classical Latin word
rotundus (round, circular; wheel-like)
derived from the Latin word
rotare (to whirl about; whirl round; revolve, rotate)
derived from the Latin word
rota (wheel)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ret-derived from the English word
turnderived from the Old French word
tornerderived 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-Usage
Word found in Modern English