Editing Turbot (section)

==Etymology==
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The word comes from the [[Old French]] {{lang|fro|tourbout}}, which may be a derivative of the [[Latin]] {{lang|la|turbo}} ('spinning top'), a possible reference to its shape.<ref>{{cite web |title=turbot, n. |work=OED Online |date=December 2021 |publisher=Oxford University Press |url= https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/207569?redirectedFrom=turbot |access-date= January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Another possible origin of the Old French word is from [[Old Swedish]] {{lang|non|törnbut}}, from {{lang|non|törn}} 'thorn' + {{lang|non|-but}} 'stump, butt, flatfish', which may also be a reference to its shape (compare native English [[halibut]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=turbot |title=turbot |work=Online Etymology Dictionary}}</ref> Early reference to the turbot can be found in a satirical poem ("[[Satires of Juvenal#Satire IV: The Emperor's Fish|The Emperor's Fish]]") by [[Juvenal]], a Roman poet of the late 1st and early 2nd centuries AD, suggesting this fish was [[Ancient Roman cuisine|a delicacy in the Roman empire]].