Tourne
/tʊərn/noun
An obsolete English form meaning a turn, circuit, or act of turning.
Did you know?Tourne belongs to a word family shaped by Latin *tornare*, originally associated with turning on a lathe, linking motion, rotation, and crafted transformation.
Etymological Timeline
Classical Latin
Latin
tornāre
“To turn on a lathe or shape by rotating”
Late Latin
Latin
tornāre
“To turn or round off”
Old French
Old French
torner
“To turn, circle, or change direction”
Middle English
Middle English
tournen
“To turn or make a circuit”
14th–15th Century
English
tourne
“A turn, circuit, or act of turning”
Modern English
English
tourne
“Obsolete; preserved mainly in historical or dialectal usage”