attournen etymology

Middle English word attournen comes from Old French torner, Old French a-, and later Old French aturner ((Anglo-Norman).)

Detailed word origin of attournen

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
torner Old French (fro) (transitive, or, intransitive) to turn. To return; to go back.
a- Old French (fro) (by extension) indicating a change of state. Indicating movement towards something. Intensifying prefix.
aturner Old French (fro) (Anglo-Norman).
attournen Middle English (enm)

Words with the same origin as attournen

Descendants of torner
retornen tor tornen tour touret tur turnen
Descendants of a-
abaisen abaishen abaisse abassen abesse abetement abetten abutten adaunten adressen afere affeeble affere amusen avisen