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Where does “Zeller” come from?

Zeller (English) comes from Middle Low German teller, from Middle French tailloir, from Old French tailleor, from Old French taillier, from Latin taliō, from Latin tālis, from Proto-Indo-European tód, from Proto-Indo-European to- — this; that.

Ancestry of “Zeller”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanteller—
2Middle Frenchtailloira plate or board upon which food is cut before it...
3Old Frenchtailleor—
4Old Frenchtaillierto cut; to shape
5Latintaliō—
6Latintālis—
7Proto-Indo-Europeantóddemonstrative pronoun; that; it
8Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
9Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

Words derived from “Zeller”

  • zellerite
  • metazellerite
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