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Where does “Takt” come from?

Takt (German) comes from French tact, from Latin tāctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Takt (German): tact; time; bar, measure

Definitions

  1. tact; time; bar, measure

Ancestry of “Takt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtacttact
2Latintāctus—
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “Takt”

  • taktlos
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →