Where does “tailler” come from?

tailler (French) comes from Old French taillier, from Latin taliō, from Latin tālis, from Proto-Indo-European tód, from Proto-Indo-European to-, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

tailler (French): to cut; to sharpen; to do one, to clear off

Definitions

  1. to cut; to sharpen; to do one, to clear off

Ancestry of “tailler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtaillierto cut; to shape
2Latintaliōpunishment equal to the injury sustained; retaliation
3Latintālissuch
4Proto-Indo-Europeantóddemonstrative pronoun; that; it
5Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
6Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

Words derived from “tailler”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European to- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tód →