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Where does “travailler” come from?

travailler (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin tripaliare, from Latin tripalium, from Latin tripālis, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

travailler (Old French): Alternative form of traveillier; to suffer; to...

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of traveillier; to suffer; to...

Ancestry of “travailler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latintripaliareto work; present active infinitive of *tripaliō
2Latintripaliumtorture instrument; a torture instrument
3Latintripālis—
4Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
5Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
6Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
7Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “travailler”

  • travailli
  • travailleux
  • travaillier
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