Where does “tandem” come from?

tandem (Finnish) comes from Latin tandem, from Latin tam, from Proto-Indo-European téh₂m, from Proto-Indo-European séh₂, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

tandem (Finnish): tandem bicycle

Definitions

  1. tandem bicycle

Ancestry of “tandem”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintandemat length, at last, finally, eventually
2Latintamso, so much, to such an extent, to such a degree
3Proto-Indo-Europeantéh₂m—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂—
5Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

Words derived from “tandem”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European só →Every word from Proto-Indo-European séh₂ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European téh₂m →