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tal

Pronunciation: /tɑːl/

“tal” is an Old English word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. evil-speaking, calumny, disparagement, slander
  2. blasphemy
  3. reproach
  4. scorn, derision, mocking

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tālu, from Proto-Germanic *tēlō (“deception, deceit, persecution”), from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to take aim, calculate, damage, count”). Cognate with Latin dolus (“deception, strategem, trap”).

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