tose
English
Alternative forms
- toze, toaze
Etymology
From Middle English tosen, from Old English *tāsan (“to tease”), from Proto-Germanic *taisaną (“to tug, separate, shred”), from Proto-Indo-European *dāy- (“to divide, separate”). Cognate with Old High German zeisan (“to tease, pick wool”). Related also to Dutch tezen (“to draw, pull, scratch”), German zeisen (“to pluck, pluck apart”), Danish tæse (“to tease”), Old English tǣsan (“to tease”). More at tease.
Galician
German
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔzi
Spanish
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