Where does “toutefois” come from?
toutefois (French) comes from Middle French toutesfoys, from French toutes, from French tout, from Middle French tout, from Old French tôt, from Vulgar Latin tōttus, from Latin tōtus, from Latin tot — this; that.
toutefois (French): however, nonetheless
Definitions
- however, nonetheless
Ancestry of “toutefois”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | toutesfoys | however |
| 2 | French | toutes | feminine plural of tout |
| 3 | French | tout | whole, entirety, total; all; everything |
| 4 | Middle French | tout | all; all of; all; completely; totally; entirely |
| 5 | Old French | tôt | all |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | tōttus | — |
| 7 | Latin | tōtus | whole, all, entire, total, complete, every part |
| 8 | Latin | tot | so many |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | toti | so many |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |