Where does “toeristencampagne” come from?
toeristencampagne (Dutch) comes from Dutch toerist, from English tourist, from English tour, from Old French tour, from Old French torner, from Latin tornō, from Latin tornus, from Ancient Greek τόρνος — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.
toeristencampagne (Dutch): advertisement campaign to attract tourists
Definitions
- advertisement campaign to attract tourists
Ancestry of “toeristencampagne”, step by step
toeristencampagne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch toerist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | toerist | tourist |
| 2 | English | tourist | Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for... |
| 3 | English | tour | A journey through a particular building, estate,... |
| 4 | Old French | tour | tower |
| 5 | Old French | torner | to turn; to return; to go back |
| 6 | Latin | tornō | to turn |
| 7 | Latin | tornus | A turner's wheel, lathe; A potter's wheel |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | τόρνος | A tool similar to a pair of compasses used to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | torh₂no- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |
via Dutch campagne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | campagne | campaign; campaign, offensive |
| 2 | French | campagne | country (the country, rural area, as opposed to the town or city), countryside |
| 3 | Italian | campagna | rural area: country, countryside; cultivated... |
| 4 | Latin | campānia | — |
| 5 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |