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Where does “tasseled” come from?

Tasseled comes from Middle English -ed added to tassel, from Latin taxillus, a variant of talus meaning a die or knucklebone, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European teh₂g- meaning to arrange or construct.

tasseled (English): Having tassels; simple past tense and past...

Definitions

  1. Having tassels; simple past tense and past...

Ancestry of “tasseled”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEDInitialism of erectile dysfunction; Initialism of...
2Japaneseエンディングending, especially of a broadcast or performance
3EnglishendingA termination or conclusion; The last part of...
4Middle EnglishendingAlternative form of endyng
5Middle EnglishendyngAn ending, termination, or conclusion;...
6Old Englishendung—
7Old Englishendianto end, make an end of; to finish, complete; to...
8Proto-Germanicandijōnąto end, bring to an end, finish
9Proto-Germanicandijazend
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂entíosfront; forehead
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
12Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

Words derived from “tasseled”

  • untasseled
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