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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
2Latintaliō—
3Latintālis—
4Proto-Indo-Europeantóddemonstrative pronoun; that; it
5Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
6Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

Words derived from “tailler”

  • tailor
  • tallage
  • tailzie
  • tailoress
  • tailorable
  • tailorability
  • tailorbird
  • retailor
  • tallageable
  • tailorless
  • tailleur
  • entailleur
  • taillage
  • entaille
  • entailler
  • tailleur
  • tajloro
  • tela
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