Where does “tangenstétel” come from?

tangenstétel (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian tangens, from Latin tangens, from Latin tangō, from Proto-Italic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- — to bite.

tangenstétel (Hungarian): law of tangents

Definitions

  1. law of tangents

Ancestry of “tangenstétel”, step by step

tangenstétel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian tangens

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantangenstangent
2Latintangenstouching, grasping; reaching, arriving at;...
3Latintangōto touch, grasp
4Proto-Italic*tangō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandenḱ-to bite

via Hungarian tétel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantételtheorem; item, unit; movement
2Hungarianteszto do; to place, to put; to make
3Proto-Uralicteke-to do; to put, to place
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place

Words derived from “tangenstétel”

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