Etymology

toise

T1O1I1S1E1

Today it means: A former French unit of length, corresponding to about 1.949 metres. Full definition →

French toise
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromtoise
  2. French · borrowed fromtoise
  3. English todaytoise

Borrowed from French toise.

Words from the same roots

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toesa

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.