English
tore
Tore comes from Proto-Germanic *tuz- ‘hard, difficult, wrong, bad’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dus-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dus-‘bad, ill, difficult’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*tuz-‘hard, difficult, wrong, bad’reconstructed
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tor
- Englishtodaytore
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dus-‘bad, ill, difficult’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*tuz-‘hard, difficult, wrong, bad’reconstructed
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tor
- Englishtodaytore
Linked words
through Middle English tor
Today it means
adj Hard, difficult; wearisome, tedious.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dus- / tore