Where does “toit” come from?

toit (French) comes from Old French toit, from Latin tēctum, from Latin tegō, from Proto-Italic tegō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

toit (French): roof

Definitions

  1. roof

Ancestry of “toit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtoitroof
2Latintēctumroof, ceiling
3Latintegōto cover; to clothe
4Proto-Italictegōcover
5Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

Words derived from “toit

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg-Every word from Proto-Italic tegōEvery word from Latin tegō