Where does “tangieren” come from?

tangieren (German) comes from Latin tangere, from Proto-Italic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- — to bite.

tangieren (German): to be tangent to

Definitions

  1. to be tangent to

Ancestry of “tangieren”, step by step

tangieren traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin tangere

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintangeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
2Proto-Italic*tangō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandenḱ-to bite

via Latin tangō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintangōto touch, grasp
2Proto-Indo-Europeanteh₂ǵ-to touch

Words derived from “tangieren”

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