Where does “tanoreksia” come from?
tanoreksia (Finnish) comes from English tanorexia, from English tan, from French tan, from French ta, from Old French ta, from Latin tua, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз — to be able.
tanoreksia (Finnish): tanorexia obsession with tanning
Definitions
- tanorexia obsession with tanning
Ancestry of “tanoreksia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tanorexia | A condition whose sufferers believe they are too... |
| 2 | English | tan | A yellowish-brown colour; A darkening of the skin... |
| 3 | French | tan | pulped oak bark used in the tanning process |
| 4 | French | ta | your |
| 5 | Old French | ta | your |
| 6 | Latin | tua | inflection of tuus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 7 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 8 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 9 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 10 | Polish | tu | here |
| 11 | Polish | być | to be |
| 12 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 13 | Old Polish | móc | can, may, to be able to |
| 14 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | to be able |