Where does “tallywoman” come from?
tallywoman (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 — you, thou.
tallywoman (English): A woman who conducts the tally trade; A woman who...
Definitions
- A woman who conducts the tally trade; A woman who...
Ancestry of “tallywoman”, step by step
tallywoman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tally
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Proto-Italic | towos | your |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | túh₂ | you, thou |
via English woman
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | woman | An adult female human; All female humans... |
| 2 | Middle English | womman | An female adult person; a woman; The female sex... |
| 3 | Old English | wīfmann | woman; female servant; woman |
| 4 | Old English | mann | person; man meaning mankind; man meaning adult... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | mann | person, human |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *mann- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |