Where does βtiresβ come from?
Tires comes from Middle English tire, from Old French tirer meaning to pull, from Vulgar Latin tiro, from Etruscan ππππ, from Proto-Indo-European der-.
tires (English): plural of tire; Third-person singular simple...
Definitions
- plural of tire; Third-person singular simple...
Ancestry of βtiresβ, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | tire | To become sleepy or weary; To make sleepy or... |
| 2 | Middle English | tiren | β |
| 3 | Old English | tΘ³rian | β |