Where does “Le Tellier” come from?

Le Tellier (English) comes from French Le Tellier, from French lé, from French moine, from Middle French moine, from Old French monie, from Latin monicus — sporadically attested in early Christian inscriptions from Gaul.

Ancestry of “Le Tellier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchLe Tellier—
2Frenchlébreadth, width; strip, length
3Frenchmoinemonk
4Middle Frenchmoinemonk
5Old Frenchmoniemonk
6Latinmonicussporadically attested in early Christian inscriptions from Gaul
Every word from Latin monicus →Every word from Old French monie →Every word from Middle French moine →