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Where does “wholetail” come from?

wholetail (English) comes from English retail, from Old French retaillier, from Old French re-, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.

wholetail (English): The sale of products to end user at wholesale...

Definitions

  1. The sale of products to end user at wholesale...

Ancestry of “wholetail”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishretailThe sale of goods directly to the consumer,...
2Old Frenchretaillierto shape by cutting; to circumcise; to diminish;...
3Old Frenchre-re-
4Latinrĕ-—
5Latinprōdūcō—
6Latinprō-—
7Proto-Italic*pro-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
10Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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