Where does “massaturismi” come from?
massaturismi (Finnish) comes from Finnish turismi, from English tourism, 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.
massaturismi (Finnish): mass tourism
Definitions
- mass tourism
Ancestry of “massaturismi”, step by step
massaturismi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish turismi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | turismi | tourism |
| 2 | English | tourism | The act of travelling or sightseeing,... |
| 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 Finnish massa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | massa | mass; bulk; paste |
| 2 | Swedish | mässa | a mass; an exhibition, an expo; to mass, to... |
| 3 | Old Norse | messa | mass, church service; to say mass |
| 4 | Latin | missa | Mass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative... |
| 5 | Latin | missum | accusative supine of mittō; inflection of... |
| 6 | Latin | mittō | to send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | meitō | to put forth, put out |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | meyth₂- | to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to... |