Etymology

Torno

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Italian Torno ← Spanish Torno
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  1. Spanish · borrowed fromTorno
  2. Italian · borrowed fromTorno
  3. English todayTorno

Various origins: * Borrowed from Italian Torno, a metonymic occupational surname for a turner, from torno, older form of tornio (“lathe”). * Borrowed from Spanish Torno, a habitational surname from the village of El Torno, in Extremadura. * Altered spelling of a German or Polish habitational surname from the city of Tarnów, in Poland.

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