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Where does “sutilté” come from?

sutilté (Old French) comes from Latin subtīlitās, from Latin subtīlis, from Latin tēla, from Old Dutch tegela, from Proto-Germanic *tigulā, from Proto-Germanic tigulǭ, from Latin tēgula, from Latin tegō — to cover; pole, stick, beam.

Ancestry of “sutilté”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsubtīlitās—
2Latinsubtīlis—
3Latintēla—
4Old Dutchtegela—
5Proto-Germanic*tigulā—
6Proto-Germanictigulǭtile; brick
7Latintēgula—
8Latintegō—
9Proto-Italictegōcover
10Proto-Indo-European(s)teg-to cover; pole, stick, beam

Words derived from “sutilté”

  • subtlety
  • subtilty
  • oversubtlety
  • supersubtlety
  • sotilte
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