Where does “toiledau” come from?
toiledau (Welsh) comes from Welsh toiled, from English toilet, from French toilette, from French Toile, from Old French toile, from Old French teile, from Latin tēla, from Old Dutch tegela — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
toiledau (Welsh): plural of toiled
Definitions
- plural of toiled
Ancestry of “toiledau”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welsh | toiled | toilet |
| 2 | English | toilet | A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread... |
| 3 | French | toilette | toilet; the toilet, lavatory |
| 4 | French | Toile | Web; World Wide Web |
| 5 | Old French | toile | fabric; web |
| 6 | Old French | teile | Alternative form of toile |
| 7 | Latin | tēla | web |
| 8 | Old Dutch | tegela | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *tigulā | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | tigulǭ | tile; brick |
| 11 | Latin | tēgula | a large, flat and heavy roof tile used in an overlapping formation with the curved and smaller imbrex |
| 12 | Latin | tegō | to cover; to clothe |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | tegō | cover |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |