Where does “tanpit” come from?

tanpit (English) comes from English tan, from French tan, from French ta, from Old French ta, from Latin tua, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz — to be able.

tanpit (English): A vat sunk into the ground for tanning leather

Definitions

  1. A vat sunk into the ground for tanning leather

Ancestry of “tanpit”, step by step

tanpit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtanA yellowish-brown colour; A darkening of the skin...
2Frenchtanpulped oak bark used in the tanning process
3Frenchtayour
4Old Frenchtayour
5Latintuainflection of tuus: ## nominative/vocative...
6Latintuusyour
7Russianтузace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy
8Polishtuzace; luminary, person of importance in their...
9Polishtuhere
10Polishbyćto be
11Polishmócto be able; may, might; to be allowed
12Old Polishmóccan, may, to be able to
13Proto-Slavicmoťьpower
14Proto-Indo-Europeanmógʰtis
15Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵʰ-to be able

via English pit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpitA hole in the ground; An area at a racetrack used...
2Middle Englishpit
3Old Englishpyttpit; well, pool; grave
4Proto-West Germanicputiwell
5Latinputeuspit, dungeon; well; cistern
6Latin-alnoun-forming suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meǵʰ-
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