English
detournement
Detournement comes from French détournement ‘rerouting, diversion’, from tourner ‘to turn’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*terh₁-‘to rub, turn’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tórh₁nosreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*tórnosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτόρνοςtórnos‘a lathe’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtornus‘lathe’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtornōas tornāre‘turn’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400torner‘to turn’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600tourner‘to turn (to rotate)’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘to turn’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentdétourner‘to divert, to redirect’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentdétournement‘rerouting, diversion’
- Englishtodaydetournement
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*terh₁-‘to rub, turn’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tórh₁nosreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*tórnosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτόρνοςtórnos‘a lathe’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtornus‘lathe’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtornōas tornāre‘turn’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400torner‘to turn’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600tourner‘to turn (to rotate)’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘to turn’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentdétourner‘to divert, to redirect’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentdétournement‘rerouting, diversion’
- Englishtodaydetournement
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘to rub, turn’
throw, thread, tragic, threshold, trout, tyrone, attrition, thrash, detrimental, overturn, triage, trite, termite, tribulation, detriment, detritus, thresher, truant, tyro, thresh, upturn, derma, 37 more
through Latin tornō ‘turn’
return, turner, tournament, tourney, 7 more
through Old French torner ‘to turn’
through French tourner ‘to turn’
Today it means
noun The reuse of elements of mainstream media to produce a subversive message.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- / detournement