Where does “tàctil” come from?

tàctil (Catalan) comes from Latin tactilis, from Latin tāctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

tàctil (Catalan): tactile

Definitions

  1. tactile

Ancestry of “tàctil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintactilistangible
2Latintāctustouched, having been touched, grasped, having been grasped
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin tāctus →