English word tyre comes from Old French (842-ca. 1400) a-, Old French (842-ca. 1400) tire, Old French (842-ca. 1400) -ier
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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a- | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | (by extension) indicating a change of state. Indicating movement towards something. Intensifying prefix. |
tire | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | |
-ier | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | Indicates a profession. Indicates location, where one lives Suffix used to form infinitives of first conjugation verbs. |
atirier | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | To arrange; to put into order. To dress; to adorn; to decorate. To equip; to prepare. |
attire | English (en) | To dress or garb. (clothing) One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.. (heraldiccharge) The single horn of a deer or stag. |
tyre | English (en) | (British spelling, Irish, South African, Australian and NZ spelling) The ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel which is usually made of rubber or plastic composite and is either pneumatic or solid. (transitive) To fit tyres to (a vehicle). |