Etymology

turbillion

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Today it means: A whirlwind or vortex. Full definition →

French tourbillon ← Latin turbo
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromturbo“a whirl”
  2. French · derived fromtourbillon
  3. English todayturbillion

French tourbillon, from Latin turbo (“a whirl”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchtourbillon all →

tourbillon

Latinturbo all →

turban shellturbo-

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.