gyre

gyre · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gew-“to bend; to curve”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromγῦρος“circle; ring”
3. Latin · borrowed fromgȳrus“circle; circular motion”
4. English todaygyre

Borrowed from Latin gȳrus (“circle; circular motion”), from Ancient Greek γῦρος (gûros, “circle; ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend; to curve”). The English word is a doublet of gyro and gyrus.

gyre · verb²

1. Latin · derived fromgȳrāre
2. Old French · derived fromgirer“to turn”
3. Middle English · inherited fromgiren“to turn (something) away; to cause (something) to revolve or rotate; to travel in a circle”
4. English todaygyre

From Late Middle English giren (“to turn (something) away; to cause (something) to revolve or rotate; to travel in a circle”), from Old French girer (“to turn”), and directly from its etymon Latin gȳrāre, the present active infinitive of gȳrō (“to turn in a circle, rotate; to circle or revolve around”), from gȳrus (“circle; circular motion”) (see etymology 1) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs).

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