Where does “talion” come from?
talion (Romanian) comes from French talion, from Middle French talion, from Latin tālis, from Proto-Indo-European tód, from Proto-Indo-European to-, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
Ancestry of “talion”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | talion | retaliation; a punishment equal to the injury... |
| 2 | Middle French | talion | punishment consisting of the offender having done... |
| 3 | Latin | tālis | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tód | demonstrative pronoun; that; it |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | to- | it; that; the, that |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |