Where does “toucher” come from?

toucher (Middle French) comes from Old French tochier, from Vulgar Latin tucco, from Frankish tukkōn, from Proto-Germanic tukkōną, from Proto-Indo-European dewk- — to pull, to draw; to lead.

toucher (Middle French): to touch

Definitions

  1. to touch

Ancestry of “toucher”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtochierto touch
2Vulgar Latintuccoto knock, strike, offend; to strike; to touch; I...
3Frankishtukkōnto knock, strike, touch; to touch, hit; to touch
4Proto-Germanictukkōnąto tug, pull; to grab, snatch; to grasp, touch
5Proto-Indo-Europeandewk-to pull, to draw; to lead

Words derived from “toucher”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dewk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic tukkōną →Every word from Frankish tukkōn →