Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tolter

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tolter
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To flounder about.

British usage

Etymology

From Middle English *tolteren, from Old English tealtrian (“to totter, vacillate”), from Proto-Germanic *taltrōną, *taltōną (“to sway, dangle, hesitate”), from Proto-Indo-European *del-, *dul- (“to shake, hesitate”). Doublet of totter.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *tolteren, tealtrian, *taltrōną, *del-

Usage

Inflected Forms

tolters (present, singular) toltering (participle, present) toltered (participle, past) toltered (past)

Questions

What does tolter mean?
To flounder about.
Where does tolter come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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