Where does “tuss” come from?
tuss (Middle English) comes from German tusche, from German tuschen, from French toucher, from German -ieren, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er — he, she.
tuss (Middle English): Alternative form of tusshe
Definitions
- Alternative form of tusshe
Ancestry of “tuss”, step by step
tuss traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German tusche
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | tusche | inflection of tuschen: ## first-person singular... |
| 2 | German | tuschen | to paint with watercolors; to use mascara |
| 3 | French | toucher | The act of touching; A way of touching; The sense... |
| 4 | German | -ieren | Verb suffix: it and its inflected forms are found... |
| 5 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 6 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 7 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 8 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 9 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 14 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |