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Where does “Taille” come from?

Taille (German) comes from French taille, from Old French taille, from Old French taillier, from Latin taliō, from Latin tālis, from Proto-Indo-European tód, from Proto-Indo-European to-, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

Taille (German): waist, waistline

Definitions

  1. waist, waistline

Ancestry of “Taille”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtaillethe act of cutting, pruning, trimming; size;...
2Old Frenchtaillecut; cut; wound; incision; a count kept by...
3Old Frenchtaillierto cut; to shape
4Latintaliō—
5Latintālis—
6Proto-Indo-Europeantóddemonstrative pronoun; that; it
7Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
8Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

Words derived from “Taille”

  • Wespentaille
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