Etymology Explorer › Middle French

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

  1. a plate or board upon which food is cut before it...

Ancestry of “tailloir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtailleor—
2Old Frenchtaillierto cut; to shape
3Latintaliō—
4Latintālis—
5Proto-Indo-Europeantóddemonstrative pronoun; that; it
6Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
7Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

Words derived from “tailloir”

  • teller
  • Teller
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