Where does “taille” come from?
Taille comes from French taille, from Latin talea meaning a cutting or slip for grafting, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European só meaning such or that.
taille (English): A form of taxation levied on the land of peasants...
Definitions
- A form of taxation levied on the land of peasants...
Ancestry of “taille”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | taille | the act of cutting, pruning, trimming; size;... |
| 2 | Old French | taille | cut; cut; wound; incision; a count kept by... |
| 3 | Old French | taillier | to cut; to shape |
| 4 | Latin | taliō | — |
| 5 | Latin | tālis | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tód | demonstrative pronoun; that; it |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |