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Where does “toiler” come from?

toiler (French) comes from French Toile, from Old French toile, from Old French teile, from Latin tēla, from Old Dutch tegela, from Proto-Germanic *tigulā, from Proto-Germanic tigulǭ, from Latin tēgula — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

toiler (French): to cover with cloth; to extent the sail of a...

Definitions

  1. to cover with cloth; to extent the sail of a...

Ancestry of “toiler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchToile—
2Old Frenchtoilefabric; web
3Old FrenchteileAlternative form of toile
4Latintēla—
5Old Dutchtegela—
6Proto-Germanic*tigulā—
7Proto-Germanictigulǭtile; brick
8Latintēgula—
9Latintegō—
10Proto-Italictegōcover
11Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam
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