Words that come from Samoan “tatau”

42 words across 17 languages descend from Samoan tatau — including tattoo, tattooing, tattooist, tatu, tattooer, tattooee, tattooage, tattooless.

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English (15)

German (4)

Norman (3)

French (2)

Esperanto (2)

Hungarian (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Romanian (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Ido (1)

Italian (1)

Greek (1)

Polish (1)

Slovene (1)

Icelandic (1)

Catalan (1)

Tagalog (1)