Where does β€œtiret” come from?

tiret (French) comes from French tirer, from Middle French tirer, from Old French tirer, from Gothic π„πŒΉπ‚πŒ°πŒ½, from Proto-Germanic teranΔ…, from Proto-Indo-European der- β€” to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...

tiret (French): dash; a string used to tie papers together

Definitions

  1. dash; a string used to tie papers together

Ancestry of β€œtiret”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtirerto draw, drag, pull
2Middle Frenchtirerto pull
3Old Frenchtirerto pull
4Gothicπ„πŒΉπ‚πŒ°πŒ½to tear away, remove
5Proto-GermanicteranΔ…to tear; snatch or pull off (from); tug
6Proto-Indo-Europeander-to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...

Words derived from β€œtiret”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European der- β†’Every word from Proto-Germanic teranΔ… β†’Every word from Gothic π„πŒΉπ‚πŒ°πŒ½ β†’