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Where does “tour d'horizon” come from?

tour d'horizon (English) comes from French tour d'horizon — overview, tour d'horizon.

tour d'horizon (English): An extensive tour; figuratively, a wide-ranging...

Definitions

  1. An extensive tour; figuratively, a wide-ranging...

Ancestry of “tour d'horizon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtour d'horizonoverview, tour d'horizon
Every word from French tour d'horizon →