Where does “tangenttitaso” come from?
tangenttitaso (Finnish) comes from Finnish tangentti, from Latin tangentem, from Latin tangens, from Latin tangō, from Proto-Italic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- — to bite.
tangenttitaso (Finnish): tangent plane
Definitions
- tangent plane
Ancestry of “tangenttitaso”, step by step
tangenttitaso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tangentti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tangentti | tangent; the push-to-talk button in a two-way... |
| 2 | Latin | tangentem | accusative masculine singular of tangēns;... |
| 3 | Latin | tangens | touching, grasping; reaching, arriving at;... |
| 4 | Latin | tangō | to touch, grasp |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *tangō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | denḱ- | to bite |