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Where does “tuant” come from?

tuant (French) comes from French tuer, from Middle French tuer, from Old French tuer, from Vulgar Latin tutare, from Latin tūtor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

tuant (French): present participle of tuer

Definitions

  1. present participle of tuer

Ancestry of “tuant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtuerto kill
2Middle Frenchtuerto kill
3Old Frenchtuerto kill
4Vulgar Latintutareto extinguish, kill; second-person singular...
5Latintūtor—
6Latin-tor-er
7Proto-Italic-tōr—
8Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
9Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →