Where does β€œattire” come from?

attire (French) comes from French attirer, from Old French atirer, from Old French tirer, from Gothic π„πŒΉπ‚πŒ°πŒ½, from Proto-Germanic teranΔ…, from Proto-Indo-European der- β€” to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...

attire (French): first-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of β€œattire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchattirerto attract; to lure, to entice
2Old FrenchatirerAlternative form of atirier
3Old Frenchtirerto pull
4Gothicπ„πŒΉπ‚πŒ°πŒ½to tear away, remove
5Proto-GermanicteranΔ…to tear; snatch or pull off (from); tug
6Proto-Indo-Europeander-to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European der- β†’Every word from Proto-Germanic teranΔ… β†’Every word from Gothic π„πŒΉπ‚πŒ°πŒ½ β†’