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Where does “taillour” come from?

taillour (Anglo-Norman) comes from Old French taillier, from Latin taliō, from Latin tālis, from Proto-Indo-European tód, from Proto-Indo-European to-, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

taillour (Anglo-Norman): tailor

Definitions

  1. tailor

Ancestry of “taillour”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtaillierto cut; to shape
2Latintaliō—
3Latintālis—
4Proto-Indo-Europeantóddemonstrative pronoun; that; it
5Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
6Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

Words derived from “taillour”

  • tailor
  • tailoress
  • tailorable
  • tailorability
  • tailorbird
  • retailor
  • tailorless
  • tajloro
  • bantáilliúir
  • táilliúir
  • táilliúr
  • tela
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