Etymology

tour

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Today it means: A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc. Full definition →

Old French tour
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tour · noun, verb1

  1. Old French · derived fromtour
  2. English todaytour

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

tour · noun2

  1. French · derived fromtour“tower”
  2. Old French · derived fromtor
  3. English todaytour

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

tour · verb3

See toot.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchtour all →

tower

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.