Etymology

midtour

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Today it means: Occurring or existing in the middle of a tour Full definition →

English tour ← Old French tour ← Latin tornō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
  5. Proto-Germanic*midjaz
  6. Proto-West Germanic*midi
  7. Old Englishmidd
  8. Middle Englishmid
  9. Englishmid
  10. Englishmid-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*terh₁-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*tórh₁nos
  13. Proto-Hellenic*tórnos
  14. Ancient Greekτόρνος (tórnos)
  15. Latintornus
  16. Latintornō
  17. Old Frenchtorner
  18. Old Frenchtour
  19. Englishtour
  20. English todaymidtour

From mid- + tour.

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