Where does “tignasse” come from?

tignasse (French) comes from French -asse, from Old French -ace, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

tignasse (French): ugly, unkempt mop of hair

Definitions

  1. ugly, unkempt mop of hair

Ancestry of “tignasse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-asseSuffix forming the first-person singular...
2Old French-aceSuffix used to form feminine, usually concrete...
3Latin-āceusaceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to
4Latin-āxish, -y
5Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós