Where does “tãun” come from?

tãun (Aromanian) comes from Vulgar Latin tabonem, from Latin tabanus — gadfly, horsefly.

tãun (Aromanian): gadfly, oxfly, horsefly

Definitions

  1. gadfly, oxfly, horsefly

Ancestry of “tãun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latintabonem—
2Latintabanusgadfly, horsefly
Every word from Latin tabanus →Every word from Vulgar Latin tabonem →