Where does “tais” come from?

tais (French) comes from French taire, from Middle French taire, from Old French taire, from Latin tacēre, from Proto-Italic takēō, from Proto-Indo-European tak- — to be silent.

tais (French): first-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. first-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “tais”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtaireto be quiet, to be silent
2Middle Frenchtaire—
3Old Frenchtairealternative infinitive of taisir
4Latintacēre—
5Proto-Italictakēōbe silent
6Proto-Indo-Europeantak-to be silent
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tak- →Every word from Proto-Italic takēō →Every word from Latin tacēre →