tyro

Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪɹəʊ/

The English word “tyro” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

A beginner; a novice.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin tyro, and from its etymon Latin tīrō (“beginner, novice; young apprentice; (Roman military) recruit”); further etymology unknown, possibly from an unattested Etruscan word.

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