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
Ancestry of “toutesfoys”, step by step
| 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 | — |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | tōttus | — |
| 6 | Latin | tōtus | — |
| 7 | Latin | tot | so many |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | toti | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |
Words derived from “toutesfoys”