torneo
/toɾˈneo/ · B1 · noun · m
tournament
🏆 torneo = tourney; both come from Old French tornei, from 'to turn'
Knights in a medieval tourney kept turning their horses to charge again. Spanish keeps the root in tornar (to return) and torno (a lathe, or a turn). Tor-ne-o sounds a lot like tourney, so the English word works as your hook.