Where does “tel” come from?

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

tel (Old French): such a

Definitions

  1. such a

Ancestry of “tel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintālissuch
2Proto-Indo-Europeantóddemonstrative pronoun; that; it
3Proto-Indo-Europeanto-it; that; the, that
4Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

Words derived from “tel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European to- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tód →