[ˈtu.e.ɔr], [ˈtuː.e.or]
OriginUncertain. De Vaan and Rix both postulate a root of the shape *tewH-. However, De Vaan suggests that the original meaning of the term was "to protect," which evolved into the meaning "to look." If this theory is accepted, then a connection with the root *tewh₂- (“to be strong”) becomes tenable. In either case, according to De Vaan, the term may derive from a Proto-Indo-European causative *towH-éye- or *towh₂-éye-. This verb would become Proto-Italic *tawe-, which may have developed into tueor via the reintroduction of -ow-. Alternatively, De Vaan postulates that *tetówh₂e, the stative form of the root *tewh₂-, could have produced the Latin verb via the same reintroduction of -ow-. Rix alternatively postulates an original Proto-Indo-European verb *tuH(h₁)yéti, which he considers to be a possible source of the Latin verb. Mallory suggests a possible derivation from a root of the shape *tew- (“to look upon favorably”).
Compare typologically Russian пригля́дывать (prigljádyvatʹ) (< гляде́ть (gljadétʹ)), присма́тривать (prismátrivatʹ) (< смотре́ть (smotrétʹ)), призре́ть (prizrétʹ) (akin to взор (vzor)).
- conjugation-2, deponentto look or gaze at, behold, watch, view
“tueri transversa” — to look sideways, to squint
- conjugation-2, deponentto care for, guard, defend, protect, support, compensate or make up for
“te amo, tua tueor” — I love you and care for you
“Dum spīrāmus tuēbimur.” — Whilst we breathe, we shall defend.
““Rēs dūra et rēgnī novitās mē tālia cōgunt
mōlīrī, et lātē fīnīs cūstōde tuērī.”
“Difficult circumstances – and the newness of [my] realm – compel me to enact such [safeguards], and to defend with for”
- conjugation-2, deponentto uphold, keep up, maintain, preserve
“ad omnes repentinos casus turrim tueri” — to protect the tower in all events
Formstuērī(infinitive, present) · tuitus sum(active, perfect) · tueor(active, first-person, indicative, present, singular) · tuēris(active, indicative, present, second-person, singular) · tuēre(active, indicative, present, second-person, singular) · tuētur(active, indicative, present, singular, third-person) · tuēmur(active, first-person, indicative, plural, present) · tuēminī(active, indicative, plural, present, second-person) · tuentur(active, indicative, plural, present, third-person) · tuēbar(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular) · tuēbāris(active, imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular) · tuēbāre(active, imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular) · tuēbātur(active, imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person) · tuēbāmur(active, first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural) · tuēbāminī(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person) · tuēbantur(active, imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person) · tuēbor(active, first-person, future, indicative, singular) · tuēberis(active, future, indicative, second-person, singular) · tuēbere(active, future, indicative, second-person, singular) · tuēbitur(active, future, indicative, singular, third-person)
Source: Wiktionary