Where does “tales” come from?
Tales comes from Latin talis meaning "such," which derives from Proto-Indo-European só, the demonstrative pronoun meaning "that" or "this."
tales (English): plural of tale; A person available to fill...
Definitions
- plural of tale; A person available to fill...
Ancestry of “tales”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | tālis | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | tód | demonstrative pronoun; that; it |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |