gyro · noun1
Originally a shortening of gyroscope.
gyro · noun2
- Greek · borrowed fromγύρος
- English todaygyro
Back-formation from the plural gyros, from Greek γύρος (gýros); from the turning of the meat on a spit (as a calque of Turkish döner into Greek). Doublet of gyre and gyrus.
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