Where does “tactical contact” come from?
tactical contact (English) comes from English contact, from Latin contactus, from Latin contingō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
tactical contact (English): The use of a police vehicle to deliberately ram another vehicle, in an attempt to bring a pursuit to an end
Definitions
- The use of a police vehicle to deliberately ram another vehicle, in an attempt to bring a pursuit to an end
Ancestry of “tactical contact”, step by step
tactical contact traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English contact
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | contact | The act of touching physically; being in close... |
| 2 | Latin | contactus | touched on all sides, having been touched on all... |
| 3 | Latin | contingō | to touch on all sides, take hold of, come into contact with |
| 4 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 5 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 6 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English tactical
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tactical | of, or relating to tactics; of, or relating to... |
| 2 | English | tactic | A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some... |
| 3 | French | tactique | tactic; tactical |
| 4 | Latin | tactica | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τακτική | tactics |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τακτικός | fit for ordering or arranging, especially in war;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -τικός | relating to, suited to, skilled in, able to,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -σις | Added to verb stems to form abstract nouns or... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |