Where does “Tacitus” come from?
Tacitus derives from Latin Tacitus, the past participle of taceo, meaning "to be silent," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European tak-.
Ancestry of “Tacitus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | Tacitus | — |
| 2 | Latin | taceo | I am silent, say nothing, shut up, hold my... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | takēō | be silent |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tak- | to be silent |