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  It is a deverbal noun [[der|fro|taillier|t=to cut]] (modern [[tailler]]),^(TLFi)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(GLLF 1989)^(Wiktionary) which continues [[la-vul|*tāliō|t=to cut]], probably derived from [[la|tālea|t=cutting, slip for planting]], so that it must first have been a farming word; compare Late Latin [[m|la|intertāliō|t=to prune]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(REW 1935)
  
− The tax sense comes from the tally, a stick split in two and notched .^(TLFi) The sense “stature” comes from the past participle [[taillé]] said of a well-built person, Bloch and Wartburg say it was born among sculptors.^(TLFi)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) Compare [[it|taglia]], [[ca|talla]], [[es|talla]] and [[pt|talha]].^(Wiktionary)^(Littré 1873)
+ The tax sense comes from the tally, a stick split in two and notched .^(TLFi) The sense “stature” comes from the past participle [[taillé]] said of a well-built person;^(TLFi)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) Bloch and Wartburg say it was born among sculptors.^(TLFi)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) Compare [[it|taglia]], [[ca|talla]], [[es|talla]] and [[pt|talha]].^(Wiktionary)^(Littré 1873)
  
  ==Earliest recorded meaning==
− Geffrei Gaimar's ''Estoire des Engleis'' (about 1140) has ''par taille'' “by estimate”, Wace (1160–74) uses it for a tax.^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)
+ Geffrei Gaimar's ''Estoire des Engleis'' (about 1140) has ''par taille'' “by estimate”;^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005) Wace (1160–74) uses it for a tax.^(TLFi)^(Grand Robert 2005)
  
  ==Semantic evolution==