tout

Syllable Decomposition

tout

(indefinite adjective) from Vulgar Latin totus (emphatic or expressive doubling), alteration of classical Latin totus ('whole, each, entire'), maintained in Iberia: in French as 'tout' and in Italian as 'tutto', as opposed to Spanish 'todo' and Portuguese 'tudo'. Alongside these forms, the masculine plural subject case of Old French was 'tuit'. The transition from 'totti' (masculine plural nominative) to 'tuit' is still awaiting a definitive explanation: it is almost certain that 'o' closed to 'u' due to the dilation effect of the final 'i', but the diphthong of coalescence 'ui' is difficult to explain.

Definitions

Translations

  • germangerman:völlig
  • englishenglish:very
  • chinesechinese:
  • koreankorean:전부
  • spanishspanish:absolutamente
  • greekgreek:ολότελα
  • japanesejapanese:まさに
  • russianrussian:сплошь

See also

toute (adj.) toute (pro.) tous (adj.) tous (pro.) toutes (adj.) toutes (adv.) toutes (pro.)