tour- root words — words with the tour- root

The root tour- comes from Latin tornus, meaning turn, lathe. 21 words in Dendril are built from it, including contour, tour, tourist, tourists, contoured, contouring, contours, detour, detoured, detouring, detours, toured. Dendril shows them on a free interactive word map — no signup, no ads.

Words that use the tour- root

Explore words with tour- — words containing the tour- root and sharing its sense of "turn, lathe". Examples include contour, tour, tourist, tourists, contoured, contouring, contours, detour, detoured, detouring, detours, toured. Click any word to see its own roots, definition, and related words.

The tour- root means turn, lathe, from Latin tornus. Recognizing it helps you decode and remember the many English words built on this root.