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Tournament

2 stages from Old French to English.

Today it means a competition involving a series of contests between many participants
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torneiement
Old French · medieval
"a turning, a mock combat"
from tourner (to turn), describing knights wheeling their horses in a mock combat
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Stage 2 of 2
tournament
English · 1200s
"a competition involving a series of contests"
settled as the English word for a competitive contest with multiple rounds
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