tailor
English
/ˈteɪlɚ/, /ˈteɪlə/
noun
Definitions
- A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
- (Australia) The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
Etymology
Derived from taillour derived from Old French tailleor derived from Latin taliō, tālea (a cutting, long and slender stick).
Origin
Latin
tālea
Gloss
a cutting, long and slender stick
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bird English
- made English
- tailorability English
- tailorable English
- tailorbird English
- tailoress English
- tailorless English
- tailormade English
- tailorwise English
- talea Latin
- taliare Latin
- taliō Latin
- tālea Latin
- tailleur Italian
- tailler French
- tailleur French
- bantáilliúir Irish
- táilliúir Irish
- tailleor Old French
- taillier Old French
- tajloro Esperanto
- tàillear Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- thalhear Manx
- tailloir Middle French
- talj Aromanian
- taljiu Aromanian
- táilliúr Middle Irish
- taillour xno
- tailour xno
- tela Hausa