Where does “wespentaille” come from?
wespentaille (Dutch) comes from Dutch taille, from French taille, from Old French taille, from Old French taillier, from Latin taliō, from Latin tālis, from Proto-Indo-European tód, from Proto-Indo-European to- — this; that.
wespentaille (Dutch): a wasp waist, wasp-like waistline, a very slim...
Definitions
- a wasp waist, wasp-like waistline, a very slim...
Ancestry of “wespentaille”, step by step
wespentaille traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch taille
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | taille | waistline |
| 2 | French | taille | the act of cutting, pruning, trimming; size;... |
| 3 | Old French | taille | cut; cut; wound; incision; a count kept by... |
| 4 | Old French | taillier | to cut; to shape |
| 5 | Latin | taliō | punishment equal to the injury sustained; retaliation |
| 6 | Latin | tālis | such |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tód | demonstrative pronoun; that; it |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |