English word tour comes from Ancient Greek (to 1453) τόρνος, Ancient Greek (to 1453) τύρσις, and later Latin tornus (A potter's wheel.. A turner's wheel, lathe.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| τόρνος | Ancient Greek (to 1453) (grc) | |
| τύρσις | Ancient Greek (to 1453) (grc) | |
| tornus | Latin (lat) | A potter's wheel.. A turner's wheel, lathe. |
| turrem | Latin (lat) | |
| tornare | Latin (lat) | |
| tourner | French (fr) | (computing) to run, to execute (a program, an application etc.). To film, to shoot a film. To lathe. To stir (e.g. ingredients). To tour, to go on tour. To turn (left, right etc.). |
| tourner | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | |
| tourner | Middle French (ca. 1400-1600) (frm) | (intransitive) to return (to go back). (intransitive) to turn (to rotate). (tourner a) to turn into; to change into. |
| tourn | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | |
| tour | English (en) | (intransitive) To make a journey. (transitive) To make a circuit of a place (graph theory) A closed trail.. (military) A tour of duty.. (obsolete) A going round; a circuit.. (obsolete) A turn; a revolution.. (sports, chiefly, cricket, _, and, _, rugby) A trip taken to another country in which several matches are played.. A guided visit to a particular place, or virtual place.. A journey [...] |