Where does “taillour” come from?

taillour (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman taillour, 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.

taillour (Middle English): tailor

Definitions

  1. tailor

Ancestry of “taillour”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normantaillourtailor
2Old Frenchtaillierto cut; to shape
3Latintaliōpunishment equal to the injury sustained; retaliation
4Latintālissuch
5Proto-Indo-Europeantóddemonstrative pronoun; that; it
6Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
7Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

Words derived from “taillour”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European to- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tód →