Where does “tact” come from?
Tact comes from Latin tactus, the past participle of tangere meaning "to touch," derived from Proto-Indo-European teh₂g-.
tact (English): The sense of touch; feeling; The stroke in...
Definitions
- The sense of touch; feeling; The stroke in...
Ancestry of “tact”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | tact | tact |
| 2 | Latin | tāctus | touched, having been touched, grasped, having been grasped |
| 3 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
Words derived from “tact”