Where does “toile” come from?
toile (English) comes from French Toile, from Old French toile, from Old French teile, from Latin tēla, from Old Dutch tegela, from Proto-Germanic *tigulā, from Proto-Germanic tigulǭ, from Latin tēgula — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
toile (English): plain or simple twilled fabric
Definitions
- plain or simple twilled fabric
Ancestry of “toile”, step by step