Etymology Explorer β€Ί Old French

Where does β€œtirer” come from?

tirer (Old French) comes from Gothic π„πŒΉπ‚πŒ°πŒ½, from Proto-Germanic teranΔ…, from Proto-Indo-European der- β€” to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...

tirer (Old French): to pull

Definitions

  1. to pull

Ancestry of β€œtirer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Gothicπ„πŒΉπ‚πŒ°πŒ½to tear away, remove
2Proto-GermanicteranΔ…to tear; snatch or pull off ; tug
3Proto-Indo-Europeander-to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...

Words derived from β€œtirer”

  • retirement
  • attire
  • tyre
  • postretirement
  • terry
  • preretirement
  • tyred
  • attirer
  • semiretirement
  • tirailleur
  • nonretirement
  • retyre
  • unretirement
  • tyreless
  • attirement
  • attireth
  • disattire
  • tyreable
  • unattire
  • attirest
  • untyred
  • Ρ‚ΠΈΡ€Π°ΠΆ
  • Ρ‚ΠΈΡ€
  • Ρ‚ΠΈΡ€Π΅
Every word from Proto-Indo-European der- β†’