tor
[tawr]
- a rocky pinnacle; a peak of a bare or rocky mountain or hill.
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Origin of tor
before 900; Middle English; Old English torr < Celtic; compare Irish tor rocky height, Welsh twr heap, pile
-tor
- a suffix found in loanwords from Latin, forming personal agent nouns from verbs and, less commonly, from nouns: dictator; genitor; janitor; orator; victor.
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Origin of -tor
< Latin -tor (stem -tōr-), cognate with Greek -tōr (stem -tor-), Sanskrit -tar-
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Contemporary Examples
Relays are special computers that Tor uses to anonymously transmit traffic across the Internet.
Luckily, Tor was prepared for this sort of assault, and has built-in defenses to protect against it.
Tor, on the other hand, has been an Internet staple for years.
Onion routers refers to the TOR network, a system that allows users to mask their location and communicate anonymously online.
On the streets of Tor Sapienza, however, the battle rages on.
Historical Examples
“You can go in here until I have done with Tor di Rocca,” he said.
Olive in ItalyMoray Dalton
Nĕs' tor—the leader of the warriors of Pylos, in southwestern Greece.
I wished to go in that direction and to search the tor, but it was some distance away.
The Hound of the BaskervillesA. Conan Doyle
Sir Tor asks the dwarf who is his guide, Know ye any lodging?
Scenes and Characters of the Middle AgesEdward Lewes Cutts
They came from the races of Tor di Quinto, which had taken place that day.
Cosmopolis, CompletePaul Bourget
tor
- a high hill, esp a bare rocky one
- mainly Southwest English a prominent rock or heap of rocks, esp on a hill
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Word Origin
Old English torr, probably of Celtic origin; compare Scottish Gaelic torr pile, Welsh twr
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Word Origin and History for tor
n.
"high, rocky hill," Old English torr "tower, rock." Obviously cognate with Gaelic torr "lofty hill, mound," Old Welsh twrr "heap, pile;" and probably ultimately from Latin turris "high structure" see tower (n.)). But sources disagree on whether the Celts borrowed it from the Anglo-Saxons or the other way round.
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