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tor
1[ tawr ]
noun
- a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
-tor
2- a suffix found in loanwords from Latin, forming personal agent nouns from verbs and, less commonly, from nouns:
dictator; genitor; janitor; orator; victor.
tor
/ ɔː /
noun
- a high hill, esp a bare rocky one
- a prominent rock or heap of rocks, esp on a hill
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tor1
before 900; Middle English; Old English torr < Celtic; compare Irish tor rocky height, Welsh twr heap, pile
Origin of tor2
< Latin -tor (stem -ō- ), cognate with Greek -ō (stem -tor- ), Sanskrit -tar-
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of tor1
Old English torr, probably of Celtic origin; compare Scottish Gaelic torr pile, Welsh twr
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