Where does β€œtires” come from?

Tires comes from Middle English tire, from Old French tirer meaning to pull, from Vulgar Latin tiro, from Etruscan πŒ•πŒ‰πŒ“πŒ, from Proto-Indo-European der-.

tires (English): plural of tire; Third-person singular simple...

Definitions

  1. plural of tire; Third-person singular simple...

Ancestry of β€œtires”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtireTo become sleepy or weary; To make sleepy or...
2Middle Englishtirento diminish, weaken
3Old EnglishtΘ³rianβ€”
Every word from Old English tΘ³rian β†’Every word from Middle English tiren β†’Every word from English tire β†’