Etymology

turnest

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English turn ← Middle English turnen ← Old French torner
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*terh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tórh₁nos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*tórnos
  4. Ancient Greekτόρνος (tórnos)
  5. Latintornus
  6. Latintornō
  7. Proto-West Germanic*turnēn
  8. Old Englishturnian
  9. Latintornō
  10. Old Frenchtorner
  11. Middle Englishturnen
  12. Englishturn
  13. English todayturnest

From turn + -est.

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