Where does “tue” come from?
tue (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.
tue (French): inflection of tuer:
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Definitions
- inflection of tuer:
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Ancestry of “tue”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | tuer | to kill |
| 2 | Middle French | tuer | to kill |
| 3 | Old French | tuer | to kill |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | tutare | to extinguish, kill; second-person singular... |
| 5 | Latin | tūtor | — |
| 6 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |