The story
- Proto-Indo-European*terh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*tórh₁nos
- Proto-Hellenic*tórnos
- Ancient Greekτόρνος (tórnos)
- Latintornus
- Latintornō
- Proto-West Germanic*turnēn
- Old Englishturnian
- Latintornō
- Old Frenchtorner
- Middle Englishturnen
- Englishturn
- English todayturnest
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.