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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

  1. Someone advertising for customers in an...

Ancestry of “tout”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtoutwhole, entirety, total; all; everything
2Middle Frenchtoutall; all of; all; completely; totally; entirely
3Old Frenchtôt—
4Vulgar Latintōttus—
5Latintōtus—
6Latintotso many
7Proto-Indo-Europeantoti—
8Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

Words derived from “tout”

  • touter
  • overtout
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →