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Where does “touristic” come from?

Touristic derives from English tourist, which combines English tour from Latin -ista and Proto-Indo-European -kos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- meaning to cross or traverse.

touristic (English): Catering to tourists; touristy; Typical of...

Definitions

  1. Catering to tourists; touristy; Typical of...

Ancestry of “touristic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
2EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
3Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
4Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
5Spanishimagenimage
6Italianimmagineimage; imago
7Latinimāginem—
8Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “touristic”

  • touristically
  • ecotouristic
  • nontouristic
  • antitouristic
  • untouristic
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