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toise

Meaningto stretch

Common meaning: an old French measure of length

Journey through time

  1. Latintendere‘to stretch’source
  2. Latintensasource
  3. Frenchmeaning shiftsto stretch → a fathomtoise‘a fathom’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsa fathom → an old French measure of lengthtoise‘an old French measure of length’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin tendere ‘to stretch’.

Roots

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