taillour

Middle English

Alternative forms

• taliour

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman taillour.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛi̯lur/, /tɛi̯ˈluːr/

Noun

taillour (plural taillours)

1. tailor

Descendants

• English: tailor
  • → Esperanto: tajloro
  • → Hausa: tēlà
  • → Telugu: టైలరు (ṭailaru), టైలర్ (ṭailar)
  • → Yoruba: télọ̀
• Yola: tallyour (figuratively)

References

• “taillǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Noun

taillour oblique singular, m (oblique plural taillours, nominative singular taillours, nominative plural taillour)

1. (Anglo-Norman) tailor (one who creates or alters clothing)

Descendants

• French: tailleur
  • → English: tailleur
  • → Greek: ταγέρ (tagér)
  • → Italian: tailleur
  • → Romanian: taior
  • → Turkish: tayyör
• → Middle English: taillour, taliour
  • English: tailor
    • → Esperanto: tajloro
    • → Hausa: tēlà
    • → Telugu: టైలరు (ṭailaru), టైలర్ (ṭailar)
    • → Yoruba: télọ̀
  • Yola: tallyour (figuratively)
• → Middle Irish: táilliúr
  • Irish: táilliúir, táilliúr
  • Manx: thalhear, thalleyr
  • Scottish Gaelic: tàillear

References

• taillour on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (tailleor, supplement)