Where does “toustes” come from?
toustes (French) comes from French toutes, from French tout, from Middle French tout, from Old French tôt, from Vulgar Latin tōttus, from Latin tōtus, from Latin tot, from Proto-Indo-European toti — this; that.
Ancestry of “toustes”, step by step
toustes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French toutes
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | toutes | feminine plural of tout |
| 2 | French | tout | whole, entirety, total; all; everything |
| 3 | Middle French | tout | all; all of; all; completely; totally; entirely |
| 4 | Old French | tôt | all |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | tōttus | — |
| 6 | Latin | tōtus | whole, all, entire, total, complete, every part |
| 7 | Latin | tot | so many |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | toti | so many |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |