taillour

Middle English

Alternative forms

taliour

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman taillour.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtæi̯lur/, /tæi̯ˈluːr/

Noun

taillour (plural taillours)

tailor

Descendants

English: tailor
- → Esperanto: tajloro
- → Hausa: tēlà
- → Telugu: టైలరు (ṭailaru), టైలర్ (ṭailar)
- →⇒ Welsh: teiliwr (suffix replaced with -wr)
- → Yoruba: télọ̀

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)

(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)
  - →⇒ Welsh: teiliwr (suffix replaced with -wr)
  - → Yoruba: télọ̀
→ Middle Irish: táilliúr
- Irish: táilliúir, táilliúr
- Manx: thalhear, thalleyr
- Scottish Gaelic: tàillear

References

taillour on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “tailleor”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.