Etymology

tourney

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Today it means: A tournament. Full definition →

Anglo-Norman turnei ← Old French tornei
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromtornei“tournament”
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived fromturnei
  3. English todaytourney

From Anglo-Norman turnei, from Old French tornei (“tournament”), from tornoier (“to joust, tilt”).

Words from the same roots

Anglo-Normanturnei all →

tournay

Old Frenchtornei all →

tournay

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.