Where does “tresour” come from?

tresour (Middle English) comes from Old French tresor, from Latin thēsaurus, from Ancient Greek θησαυρός, from Ancient Greek τίθημι, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.

tresour (Middle English): Something or someone of great value

Definitions

  1. Something or someone of great value

Ancestry of “tresour”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtresortreasure
2Latinthēsaurustreasure, hoard
3Ancient Greekθησαυρόςtreasure; vault, repository, chest
4Ancient GreekτίθημιI put, place, set; I make, cause to be; I make
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “tresour”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- →Every word from Ancient Greek τίθημι →Every word from Ancient Greek θησαυρός →