Etymology

tourism

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Today it means: The act of travelling or sightseeing, particularly away from one's home. Full definition →

English tour ← Old French tour ← Latin tornō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*terh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tórh₁nos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*tórnos
  4. Ancient Greekτόρνος (tórnos)
  5. Latintornus
  6. Latintornō
  7. Old Frenchtorner
  8. Old Frenchtour
  9. Englishtour
  10. English todaytourism

From tour + -ism.

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