Where does “tuile” come from?

tuile (French) comes from Old French tiule, from Latin tēgula, from Latin tegō, from Proto-Italic tegō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

tuile (French): tile; bad luck, misfortune; tuile

Definitions

  1. tile; bad luck, misfortune; tuile

Ancestry of “tuile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtiuletile
2Latintēgulaa large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex
3Latintegōto cover; to clothe
4Proto-Italictegōcover
5Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

Words derived from “tuile”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)teg- →Every word from Proto-Italic tegō →Every word from Latin tegō →