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English word origin

Etymology of tour

From Old French tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner.

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
noun

A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc. · A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place. · A journey through a given list of places, such as by an entertainer performing concerts. · A trip taken to another country in which several matches are played.

verb

To make a journey. · To make a circuit of a place.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Old French tour, tourn, from the verb torner, tourner.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Derivation mentiontourfro

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
noun

A tower.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Old French tor, French tour (“tower”).

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Derivation mentiontorfro
  • Derivation mentiontourfr
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Source etymology 3

Original entry ↗
verb

To toot a horn.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

See toot.

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