Where does “taille” come from?
taille (Old French) comes from Old French taillier, from Latin taliō, from Latin tālis, from Proto-Indo-European tód, from Proto-Indo-European to-, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
taille (Old French): cut; cut; wound; incision; a count kept by...
Definitions
- cut; cut; wound; incision; a count kept by...
Ancestry of “taille”, step by step
taille traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French taillier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | taillier | to cut; to shape |
| 2 | Latin | taliō | punishment equal to the injury sustained; retaliation |
| 3 | Latin | tālis | such |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tód | demonstrative pronoun; that; it |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |
via Medieval Latin tallia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | tallia | — |