Etymograph

English

tournament

Tournament comes from Old French tornoiement ‘tournament’, from tornoiier ‘to turn’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*terh₁-‘to rub’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tórh₁nosreconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*tórnosreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτόρνοςtórnos‘a tool similar to a pair of compasses used to draw a circle’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtornus‘lathe’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtornō‘to turn’
  7. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*tornidiōreconstructed
  8. Old Frenchc. 842–1400tornoiieras tornoier‘to turn’
  9. Old French, derivedc. 842–1400tornoiement‘tournament’
  10. Englishearliest quotation 2011tournament

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*terh₁-‘to rub’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tórh₁nosreconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*tórnosreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτόρνοςtórnos‘a tool similar to a pair of compasses used to draw a circle’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtornus‘lathe’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEtornō‘to turn’
  7. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*tornidiōreconstructed
  8. Old Frenchc. 842–1400tornoiieras tornoier‘to turn’
  9. Old French, derivedc. 842–1400tornoiement‘tournament’
  10. Englishearliest quotation 2011tournament

Earliest quotation: 2011, Phil McNulty: “England secured their place at Euro 2012 with a…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- ‘to rub, turn’

throw, thread, tragic, threshold, trout, tyrone, detrimental, attrition, thrash, overturn, triage, detriment, trite, termite, tribulation, detritus, thresher, tyro, truant, thresh, upturn, derma, 38 more

through Latin tornus ‘lathe’

return, turner, 10 more

through Latin tornō ‘to round off, make round’

turn, detour, tourniquet, 10 more

Today it means

noun During the Middle Ages, a series of battles and other contests designed to prepare knights for war.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- / tournament

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