Etymology of the English word tournament
the English word
tournamentderived from the Old French word
torneiementderived from the Old French word
torneierderived from the Latin word
tornare (turn, make round by turning on a lathe; round off)
derived from the Latin word
tornus (lathe; turner's lathe)
derived from the Greek word
tornos, τόρνος
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*terə-Date
The earliest known usage of tournament in English dates from the 13th century.
Cognates
Catalan
tornesi, Dutch
toernooi, French
tournoi, German
Turnier, Norwegian
turnering, Portuguese
torneios, Provençal
tornei, Spanish
torneo, Swedish
tornerspelUsage
Word found in Modern English
