Where does “tout à ièrs” come from?
tout à ièrs (Norman) comes from English all eyes, from English all, from Middle English all, from Old English eall, from Proto-West Germanic all, from Proto-Germanic allaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- — to grow, nourish.
tout à ièrs (Norman): all eyes
Definitions
- all eyes
Ancestry of “tout à ièrs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | all eyes | Watching alertly or attentively; Having prominent... |
| 2 | English | all | Every individual or anything of the given class,... |
| 3 | Middle English | all | all; all, every |
| 4 | Old English | eall | all; whole, entire; everything |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | all | all |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | allaz | all |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |