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tornare.

to return, to come back

7 characters3 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

verb/torˈna.re/
  1. to return, to come back

    intransitive
  2. to return, to reappear

    intransitive
  3. to start (doing something again)

    intransitive
  4. to be (healthy, beautiful, clean, etc.) again

    intransitive
  5. to add up correctly (of an account)

    intransitive
  6. to return, to give back

    literary · transitive
  7. to turn (one's face, etc.)

    literary · transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nos Proto-Indo-European *tórh₁nos Proto-Hellenic *tórnos Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos)bor. Latin tornus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin tornō Italian tornare Inherited from Latin tornāre (“to turn”).

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