Torgeek
-tor. a suffix found in loanwords from Latin, forming personal agent nouns from verbs and, less commonly, from nouns: dictator; genitor; janitor; orator; victor.
Is TOR a Latin word?
Etymology 1
From Middle English tor, torr-, from Old English torr, tor (“a high rock, lofty hill, tower”), possibly from Proto-Celtic, compare Old Welsh *tor (“hill”); ultimately from Latin turris (“tower”), from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis, “tower”), of non-Indo-European origin.
What does Tor mean in England?
tor in British English
(tɔː ) noun. a high hill, esp a bare rocky one. mainly Southwest England. a prominent rock or heap of rocks, esp on a hill.
Is tor male or female?
Tor is a masculine name of Norse origin, meaning “thunder.” Derived from the Norse god of thunder, Thor, Tor is a short and sweet title that packs a punch.
What is a Tor in Celtic?
A tor, which is also known by geomorphologists as either a castle koppie or kopje, is a large, free-standing rock outcrop that rises abruptly from the surrounding smooth and gentle slopes of a rounded hill summit or ridge crest.
