English
tour
Tour is borrowed from Old French tour ‘turn’, from the verb torner ‘to turn’.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400torner‘to turn’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400tour‘turn’
- Englishearliest quotation 1667same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400torner‘to turn’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400tour‘turn’
- Englishearliest quotation 1667same form
Earliest quotation: 1667, John Milton, Book X: “The Bird of Jove, stoopt from his aerie tour”.
Every English word from Old French torner
Another origin of tour
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400tor
- Englishtodaytour
Today it means
noun A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French torner / tour