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