Where does “tacit” come from?
Tacit comes from Middle French tacite, meaning silent or unspoken.
tacit (English): Expressed in silence; implied, but not made...
Definitions
- Expressed in silence; implied, but not made...
Ancestry of “tacit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | Tacite | — |
| 2 | Latin | Tacitus | — |
| 3 | Latin | taceo | I am silent, say nothing, shut up, hold my... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | takēō | be silent |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tak- | to be silent |
Words derived from “tacit”