myEtymology.com: English etymology of tourney

Etymology of the English word tourney

the English word tourney

derived from the Old French word torneier

derived 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-

derived from the Vulgar Latin word tornidiare

The earliest known usage of tourney in English dates from the 13th century.

Word found in Modern English