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Where does “Tunte” come from?

Tunte (German) comes from German Tante, from French tante, from Middle French tante, from Middle French ante, from Old French ante, from Latin amita, from Proto-Indo-European amma- — mother.

Tunte (German): queen

Definitions

  1. queen

Ancestry of “Tunte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTanteaunt; woman, broad
2Frenchtanteaunt; homosexual ; faggot, fag ; poof
3Middle Frenchtante—
4Middle Frenchanteauntie; aunt
5Old Frenchantenominative singular of antain; aunt
6Latinamitapaternal aunt; father's sister
7Proto-Indo-Europeanamma-mother
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