Where does “nontannic” come from?
nontannic (English) comes from English tannic, from French tannique, from French tan, from French ta, from Old French ta, from Latin tua, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз — to be able.
nontannic (English): Not tannic
Definitions
- Not tannic
Ancestry of “nontannic”, step by step
nontannic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tannic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tannic | Pertaining to, containing, or obtained from... |
| 2 | French | tannique | tannic |
| 3 | French | tan | pulped oak bark used in the tanning process |
| 4 | French | ta | your |
| 5 | Old French | ta | your |
| 6 | Latin | tua | inflection of tuus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 7 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 8 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 9 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 10 | Polish | tu | here |
| 11 | Polish | być | to be |
| 12 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 13 | Old Polish | móc | can, may, to be able to |
| 14 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | to be able |