tirer

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French word tirer comes from Proto-Indo-European *derǝ-, and later Proto-Germanic *teraną (To tear; snatch or pull off (from); tug.)

*derǝ- (Proto-Indo-European)

*teraną (Proto-Germanic)

To tear; snatch or pull off (from); tug.

*tiro (Latin)

(Vulgar Latin) to pull, draw, kick, bend. (Vulgar Latin) to throw, shoot, drag, toss, roll.

*𐍄𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (Gothic)

*tiro (Vulgar Latin)

tirer (Old French)

To pull.

tirer (Middle French)

To pull.

tirer (French)

To draw (conclusions), to consider (consequences). To draw, drag, pull. To leave a place. To shoot.

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