Where does “tanning” come from?
Tanning comes from English tan, from French tan, from Gaulish tanno-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European teh₂-, referring to the process of treating hides with tannin.
tanning (English): present participle of tan; The process of making...
Definitions
- present participle of tan; The process of making...
Ancestry of “tanning”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tan | A yellowish-brown colour; A darkening of the skin... |
| 2 | French | tan | pulped oak bark used in the tanning process |
| 3 | French | ton | Your, thy; Tone; Tone, shade |
| 4 | Old French | ton | your |
| 5 | Latin | tonus | The stretching or straining of a rope; A strain;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τόνος | rope, cord; chord; tone, note |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | tónos | rope, cord; tension |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tónos | something stretched; chord, fiber, string |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |