Where does “tante” come from?

tante (Dutch) comes from French tante, from Middle French tante, from Middle French ante, from Old French ante, from Latin amita, from Proto-Indo-European amma- — mother.

tante (Dutch): aunt; A woman, especially an older or assertive...

Definitions

  1. aunt; A woman, especially an older or assertive...

Ancestry of “tante”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtanteaunt
2Middle Frenchtante
3Middle Frenchanteauntie; aunt
4Old Frenchantenominative singular of antain; aunt
5Latinamitapaternal aunt; father's sister
6Proto-Indo-Europeanamma-mother

Words derived from “tante

Every word from Proto-Indo-European amma-