Where does “fourre-tout” come from?
fourre-tout (French) comes from French tout, from Middle French tout, from Old French tôt, from Vulgar Latin tōttus, from Latin tōtus, from Latin tot, from Proto-Indo-European toti, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
fourre-tout (French): catch-all
Definitions
- catch-all
Ancestry of “fourre-tout”, step by step
fourre-tout traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French tout
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | tout | whole, entirety, total; all; everything |
| 2 | Middle French | tout | all; all of; all; completely; totally; entirely |
| 3 | Old French | tôt | all |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | tōttus | — |
| 5 | Latin | tōtus | whole, all, entire, total, complete, every part |
| 6 | Latin | tot | so many |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | toti | so many |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |
via French fourrer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fourrer | to shove, stick, stuff (dans in something) |