tose

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Etymology

From Middle English tosen (“to card wool”), from Old English *tāsan (“to tease”), from Proto-West Germanic *taisan (“to tug, separate, shred”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- (“to divide, separate”).

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