Where does “tuilette” come from?
tuilette (French) comes from French tuile, 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.
tuilette (French): small tile
Definitions
- small tile
Ancestry of “tuilette”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | tuile | tile; bad luck, misfortune; tuile |
| 2 | Old French | tiule | tile |
| 3 | Latin | tēgula | a large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex |
| 4 | Latin | tegō | to cover; to clothe |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | tegō | cover |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |