Where does “tôt” come from?

tôt (French) comes from Old French tost, from Latin tostum, from Latin tostus, from Proto-Italic *torstos.

tôt (French): early

Definitions

  1. early

Ancestry of “tôt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtostearly; soon; quickly; straight away
2Latintostumnominative neuter singular of tostus; accusative...
3Latintostusroasted, toasted, scorched, having been roasted;...
4Proto-Italic*torstos—

Words derived from “tôt”

Every word from Proto-Italic *torstos →Every word from Latin tostus →Every word from Latin tostum →