totter
Pronunciation: /ˈtɒtə/
The English word “totter” has 5 meanings listed here.
verb
- To walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall.
- To be on the brink of collapse.
- To collect junk or scrap.
noun
Etymology
From Middle English totren, toteren, from earlier *tolteren (compare dialectal English tolter (“to struggle, flounder”); Scots tolter (“unstable, wonky”)), from Old English tealtrian (“to totter, vacillate”), from Proto-Germanic *taltrōną, a frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *taltōną (“to sway, dangle, hesitate”), from Proto-Indo-European *del-, *dul- (“to shake, hesitate”). Cognate with Dutch…
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