Where does “finger-tutting” come from?
finger-tutting (English) comes from English tutting, from English tut, from English tutorial, from English tutor, from Middle English tutour, from Old French tuteur, from Latin tūtor, from Latin -tor.
finger-tutting (English): A smaller-scale version of tutting, which uses the fingers, or in some cases the whole arm
Definitions
- A smaller-scale version of tutting, which uses the fingers, or in some cases the whole arm
Ancestry of “finger-tutting”, step by step
finger-tutting traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tutting
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tutting | The act of making a tut sound in disapproval |
| 2 | English | tut | Tut tut; an expression of disapproval; Hush; be... |
| 3 | English | tutorial | Of or pertaining to a tutor; belonging to, or... |
| 4 | English | tutor | One who teaches another in a one-on-one or... |
| 5 | Middle English | tutour | — |
| 6 | Old French | tuteur | — |
| 7 | Latin | tūtor | watcher, protector, defender |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English finger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | finger | A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other animals |
| 2 | German | Finger | finger |
| 3 | Middle High German | vinger | finger |
| 4 | Old High German | fingar | finger |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | fingr | finger |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | fingraz | finger |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | penkʷrós | — |