tornio

See also: Tornio

Italian

Alternative forms

• torno (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin tornus, in this variant probably through an intermediate form *torneus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtor.njo/, /ˈtɔr.njo/
• Rhymes: -ornjo, -ɔrnjo
• Hyphenation: tór‧nio, tòr‧nio

Noun

tornio m (plural torni)

1. lathe (machine tool used to shape a piece of material)

Descendants

• → Proto-West Germanic: *turnijan (see there for further descendants)
• → Ottoman Turkish: طورنو (torno, turno) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• tornio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Torino, notori, ornito-, rotino