Where does “tō” come from?
tō (Maori) comes from English stove, from Middle Low German stove, from Old French estuver, from Old French estuve, from Medieval Latin stupha, from Ancient Greek τῦφος, from Ancient Greek τύφω, from Proto-Indo-European dhubh- — scatter like dust.
Ancestry of “tō”, step by step
tō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English stove
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stove | A heater, a closed apparatus to burn fuel for the... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | stove | — |
| 3 | Old French | estuver | to bathe |
| 4 | Old French | estuve | large bath |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | stupha | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τῦφος | a kind of fever; delusion, vanity; nonsense |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τύφω | to smoke, fill with smoke; to consume in smoke |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dhubh- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dheu- | scatter like dust |
via Proto-Polynesian to
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Polynesian | to | sugar cane |