Where does “টাউট” come from?
টাউট (Bengali) comes from English tout, from French tout, from Middle French tout, from Old French tôt, from Vulgar Latin tōttus, from Latin tōtus, from Latin tot, from Proto-Indo-European toti — this; that.
টাউট (Bengali): a tout
Definitions
- a tout
Ancestry of “টাউট”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tout | Someone advertising for customers in an... |
| 2 | French | tout | whole, entirety, total; all; everything |
| 3 | Middle French | tout | all; all of; all; completely; totally; entirely |
| 4 | Old French | tôt | all |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | tōttus | — |
| 6 | Latin | tōtus | whole, all, entire, total, complete, every part |
| 7 | Latin | tot | so many |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | toti | so many |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |