Where Does the Word Toiled Come from?

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The Middle French Word 'Toile' ("Cloth") Had a Diminutive Form Diminutive Form a Diminutive Form (Abbreviated Dim) Is a Word-Formation Device Used to Express...

Where Does the Word Toiled Come from?

The Middle French word 'toile' ("cloth") had a diminutive form

diminutive form
A diminutive form (abbreviated DIM) is a word-formation device used to express such meanings. In many languages, such forms can be translated as "little" and diminutives can also be formed as multi-word constructions such as "Tiny Tim". ... The opposite of the diminutive form is the augmentative.
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: 'toilette', or "small piece of cloth." This word became 'toilet' in English, and referred to a cloth put over the shoulders while dressing the hair or shaving.

What does toiled mean?

toiled; toiling; toils. Definition of toil (Entry 2 of 3) intransitive verb. 1 : to work hard and long. 2 : to proceed with laborious effort : plod.

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