tourist

A2 Topic:Travel
US /ˈtʊɹ.ɪst/ UK /ˈtʊəɹɪst/
noun verb Freq #6674

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A person who travels somewhere for pleasure or to see the sights.

    The city is full of tourists in the summer.

  2. 2
    verb

    To travel somewhere as a tourist.

    They spent the week touristing around the old town.

Thesaurus

Word family
Forms tourists
Derived forms agritouristantitouristarchitouristastrotouristavitouristcybertouristecotouristenotouristethnotouristgastrotouristgeotouristnontourist
Related forms tourtourism

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₁-der. Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos)bor. Latin tornus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin tornō Old French torner Old French tourder. English tour Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs)der. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English tourist From tour +…

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