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Where does “sabre-tache” come from?

sabre-tache (French) comes from German Säbeltasche, from German tasche, from Italian tasca, from Latin tasca, from Frankish taska, from Proto-Germanic taskǭ, from Proto-Indo-European das-, from Translingual da — Used to form the accusative case; -ed, -t. Used...

Ancestry of “sabre-tache”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSäbeltasche—
2Germantasche—
3Italiantascapocket
4Latintasca—
5Frankishtaskapouch
6Proto-Germanictaskǭbag, purse; pouch, pocket
7Proto-Indo-Europeandas-—
8Translingualda—
9Englishdeca-Greek number...
10Frenchdéca-deca-
11Latindecās—
12Ancient Greekδεκάςthe number ten; a group of ten, decade
13Ancient Greek-ᾰ́ςgroup of
14Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
15Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
16Hungarian-tUsed to form the accusative case; -ed, -t. Used...

Words derived from “sabre-tache”

  • sabretache
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