Where does “tangente” come from?

tangente (French) comes from Latin tangens, from Latin tangō, from Proto-Italic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- — to bite.

tangente (French): tangent

Definitions

  1. tangent

Ancestry of “tangente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintangenstouching, grasping; reaching, arriving at;...
2Latintangōto touch, grasp
3Proto-Italic*tangō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandenḱ-to bite

Words derived from “tangente”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- →Every word from Proto-Italic *tangō →Every word from Latin tangō →
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