Where does “tally room” come from?
tally room (English) comes from English tally, from English tallyho, from French taïaut, from Middle French tahou, from Old French taho, from Old French ta, from Latin tua, from Latin tuus — power.
tally room (English): A room in which votes are counted
Definitions
- A room in which votes are counted
Ancestry of “tally room”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | tally | Target sighted; Abbreviation of tally stick; One... |
| 2 | English | tallyho | Used to urge on a fox hunt, especially when the... |
| 3 | French | taïaut | tallyho |
| 4 | Middle French | tahou | — |
| 5 | Old French | taho | — |
| 6 | Old French | ta | your |
| 7 | Latin | tua | inflection of tuus:
## nominative/vocative... |
| 8 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 9 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 10 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 11 | Polish | tu | here |
| 12 | Polish | być | to be |
| 13 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 14 | Old Polish | móc | — |
| 15 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |