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Where does “taillier” come from?

taillier (Old French) comes from Latin taliō, from Latin tālis, from Proto-Indo-European tód, from Proto-Indo-European to-, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

taillier (Old French): to cut; to shape

Definitions

  1. to cut; to shape

Ancestry of “taillier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintaliō—
2Latintālis—
3Proto-Indo-Europeantóddemonstrative pronoun; that; it
4Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
5Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

Words derived from “taillier”

  • detail
  • retail
  • tailor
  • retailer
  • tallage
  • tailzie
  • tailoress
  • tailorable
  • detailer
  • tailorability
  • nonretail
  • tailorbird
  • megaretailer
  • detailee
  • retailor
  • detailless
  • microdetail
  • preretail
  • retailable
  • tallageable
  • nonretailer
  • retailment
  • detaileth
  • tailorless
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