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