Where does “tale” come from?
Tale comes from Middle English tale, from Old English talian, from Proto-Germanic talō, from Proto-Indo-European del-.
tale (English): An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a...
Definitions
- An account of an asserted fact or circumstance; a...
Ancestry of “tale”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | tale | — |
| 2 | Old English | talu | account, reckoning; tale; narration |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *talu | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | talō | narration, report; assessment, judgment;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |
Words derived from “tale”