tirer

Middle French

verb
Definitions
  • to pull

Etymology

Inherited from Old French tirer (draw, pull out with great effort, tear away, snatch violently, snatch, pull out, pull, draw pull) inherited from Latin tirāre, *tirō, *tiro derived from Gothic *𐍄𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (remove, tear away) derived from Proto-Germanic *teraną (tear, tear apart, tear away, tug, rip snatch off, pull violently, rip, pull off) derived from Proto-Indo-European *derə- (tear apart, tear).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*derə-

Gloss

tear apart, tear

Concept
Semantic Field

Emotions and values

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

泪, 涙

Emoji
🤣 💧 😂 😢 😭 😹 😿 🥲

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