Where does “toutesfoys” come from?
toutesfoys (Middle French) comes from French toutes, from French tout, from Middle French tout, from Old French tôt, from Vulgar Latin tōttus, from Latin tōtus, from Latin tot, from Proto-Indo-European toti — this; that.
toutesfoys (Middle French): however
Definitions
- however
Ancestry of “toutesfoys”, step by step
toutesfoys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French toutes
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | toutes | feminine plural of tout |
| 2 | French | tout | whole, entirety, total; all; everything |
| 3 | Middle French | tout | all; all of; all; completely; totally; entirely |
| 4 | Old French | tôt | all |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | tōttus | — |
| 6 | Latin | tōtus | whole, all, entire, total, complete, every part |
| 7 | Latin | tot | so many |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | toti | so many |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |
via French fois
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fois | time, an instance of something happening; a... |
| 2 | Middle French | foys | time; occasion; occurrence |
| 3 | Old French | foiz | time; instance; occurrence |
| 4 | Old French | feiz | time; instance; occasion |
| 5 | Latin | vicis | change, alternation, turn; time, instance; season |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weyḱ- | to enter in; to settle; settlement |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |