tourist

  • Original language: English
  • Original form and meaning: n. 1 'a person making a visit or a tour as a holiday; a traveller, esp. abroad'


(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


Language Form Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) Current Meaning and Status Earlier Meanings and Statusses Source
Catalan ... ... '...' '...' ...
Croatian turist [turist] beg19c the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
Czech ... ... '...' '...' ...
Danish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Dutch toerist [tu:rist] end19c the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
English ... ... '...' '...' ...
Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish turisti 20c the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
French touriste [turist] beg19c the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German tourist [tu:rist] 19c, via French the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
Hungarian turista [tu:ri∫ta] 19c, via German the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian turista [turista] beg19c, via French the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian turist [tu:rist] end19c the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
Polish ... ... status: word comes from other source than English: French '...' ...
Portuguese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish turista [turista] end19c the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English dito ...
Swedish ... ... '...' '...' ...
  • Annotations: * DEA = Dictionary of European Anglicisms by Manfred Görlach (2001), Oxford: OUP.; ** CODEE = The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology by T.F. Hoad (1986), Oxford: Clarendon.
  • Information on Other Languages: Icelandic: túristi < ferðamaður [thu:risti], end19c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: word comes from other source than English: French; Romanian: turist, -a [turist, -ə], mid19c, via French, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Russian: turist, beg20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Bulgarian: turist, beg20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: fully accepted, but still marked as English; Albanian: turist, beg20c, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English; Greek: turistas (m) / turistria (f), 20c, via French, meaning: the same as in English, see above, status: not (or no longer) recognized as English;,