Where does “tout” come from?
I notice the chain provided lists "toot" and "toilet" as English words, but the headword is "tout," which doesn't appear in the chain. Additionally, the chain seems corrupted (it repeats "English Web" and "Latin tela").
I cannot write an accurate etymology sentence without a valid chain connecting the headword to its origins. Could you provide the correct etymological chain for "tout"? It should show the progression from the oldest source language through intermediate languages to modern English, with each step clearly linked.
tout (English): Someone advertising for customers in an...
Definitions
- Someone advertising for customers in an...
Ancestry of “tout”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | tout | whole, entirety, total; all; everything |
| 2 | Middle French | tout | all; all of; all; completely; totally; entirely |
| 3 | Old French | tôt | — |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | tōttus | — |
| 5 | Latin | tōtus | — |
| 6 | Latin | tot | so many |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | toti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |
Words derived from “tout”