Where does “tailloir” come from?
tailloir (Middle French) comes from Old French tailleor, 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.
tailloir (Middle French): a plate or board upon which food is cut before it...
Definitions
- a plate or board upon which food is cut before it...
Ancestry of “tailloir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | tailleor | — |
| 2 | Old French | taillier | to cut; to shape |
| 3 | Latin | taliō | — |
| 4 | Latin | tālis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tód | demonstrative pronoun; that; it |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |
Words derived from “tailloir”