Where does “tandem” come from?
tandem (Dutch) comes from English tandem, from Latin tandem, from Latin tam, from Proto-Indo-European téh₂m, from Proto-Indo-European séh₂, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
tandem (Dutch): tandem; A phase in the mating ritual of...
Definitions
- tandem; A phase in the mating ritual of...
Ancestry of “tandem”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | tandem | A carriage pulled by two or more draught animals ... |
| 2 | Latin | tandem | at length, at last, finally, eventually |
| 3 | Latin | tam | so, so much, to such an extent, to such a degree |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | téh₂m | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | séh₂ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |