Where does “telle” come from?

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

telle (French): feminine singular of tel

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of tel

Ancestry of “telle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtelsuch; one
2Old Frenchtelsuch a
3Latintālissuch
4Proto-Indo-Europeantóddemonstrative pronoun; that; it
5Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
6Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that
Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European to- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tód →