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Where does “tailleur” come from?

tailleur (French) comes from French -eur, from Middle French -eur, from Old French -eor, from Latin -ator, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

tailleur (French): tailor; suit

Definitions

  1. tailor; suit

Ancestry of “tailleur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-eurUsed to form agent nouns from verbs; API f; -ness
2Middle French-eurUsed to form agent nouns from verbs
3Old French-eorAlternative form of -or
4Latin-ator-ator, -er; second-person singular future passive...
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōr—
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “tailleur”

  • tailor
  • tailoress
  • tailorable
  • tailorability
  • tailorbird
  • retailor
  • tailorless
  • tailleur
  • tajloro
  • tela
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →