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Where does “traveillier” come from?

traveillier (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.

traveillier (Old French): to suffer; to torment oneself

Definitions

  1. to suffer; to torment oneself

Ancestry of “traveillier”, 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 “traveillier”

  • travagliatrice
  • travaglio
  • travagliare
  • travagliatore
  • travailler
  • retravailler
  • traveiller
  • travailler
  • traveillier
  • travay
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →