Where does “τακτ” come from?

τακτ (Greek) 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.

τακτ (Greek): tact

Definitions

  1. tact

Ancestry of “τακτ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtacttact
2Latintāctustouched, having been touched, grasped, having been grasped
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin tāctus