Where does “tourist” come from?
Tourist comes from English tour, derived from Latin -ista, from Latin taurus meaning bull, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European terh₁-.
tourist (English): Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for...
Definitions
- Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for...
Ancestry of “tourist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tour | A journey through a particular building, estate,... |
| 2 | Old French | tour | tower |
| 3 | Old French | torner | to turn; to return; to go back |
| 4 | Latin | tornō | to turn |
| 5 | Latin | tornus | A turner's wheel, lathe; A potter's wheel |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τόρνος | A tool similar to a pair of compasses used to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | torh₂no- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₁- | to rub, turn; to drill, pierce |