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Where does “tournage” come from?

tournage (French) comes from French tourner, from Middle French tourner, from Old French torner, from Latin tornō, from Latin tornus, from Ancient Greek τόρνος, from Proto-Indo-European torh₂no-, from Proto-Indo-European terh₁- — to rub, turn; to drill, pierce.

tournage (French): filming

Definitions

  1. filming

Ancestry of “tournage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtournerto turn; to stir; to tour, to go on tour
2Middle Frenchtournerto turn; to return; to turn into; to change into
3Old Frenchtornerto turn; to return; to go back
4Latintornō—
5LatintornusA turner's wheel, lathe; A potter's wheel
6Ancient GreekτόρνοςA tool similar to a pair of compasses used to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeantorh₂no-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₁-to rub, turn; to drill, pierce
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