Where does turm come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

turm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

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Obsolete

"Thence to the gates caſt round thine eye, and ſee / What conflux iſſuing forth, or entring in: / Pretors, Proconſuls to thir Provinces / Haſting or on return, in robes of State; / Lictors and rods the enſigns of thir power; / Legions and Cohorts, turmes of horſe and wings: […]"

From Middle English turmes pl, from Old French turme, from Latin turma (“troop, squadron, team”).

turms (plural)

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