Where does “tire” come from?

tire (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese tirar, from Old Portuguese tirar, from Vulgar Latin *tīrāre.

tire (Portuguese): first-person singular present subjunctive of...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of...

Ancestry of “tire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesetirarto take, take out, take away; to remove,...
2Old Portuguesetirar—
3Vulgar Latin*tīrāre—
Every word from Vulgar Latin *tīrāre →Every word from Old Portuguese tirar →Every word from Portuguese tirar →