Translation
tower
Word origin
From the Romance family of French tour and Italian torre, all from Latin turris ('tower'), itself probably borrowed from Greek tyrris. English tower and the little turret grew from the same Latin word.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- turris
- English cognates
- tower, turret
Examples
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The old tower stands next to the church.
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From the high tower we saw the whole town.
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The castle has four towers.
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