Where does “tanagar” come from?
tanagar (Ido) comes from Ido tano, from English tan, from French tan, from French ta, from Old French ta, from Latin tua, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз — to be able.
tanagar (Ido): to tan
Definitions
- to tan
Ancestry of “tanagar”, step by step
tanagar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ido tano
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | tano | tan |
| 2 | English | tan | A yellowish-brown colour; A darkening of the skin... |
| 3 | French | tan | pulped oak bark used in the tanning process |
| 4 | French | ta | your |
| 5 | Old French | ta | your |
| 6 | Latin | tua | inflection of tuus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 7 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 8 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 9 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 10 | Polish | tu | here |
| 11 | Polish | być | to be |
| 12 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 13 | Old Polish | móc | can, may, to be able to |
| 14 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | to be able |
via Ido agar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | agar | to do, act |
| 2 | Esperanto | aĝi | to have a certain age |
| 3 | Esperanto | aĝo | age |
| 4 | French | âge | age |
| 5 | Middle French | âge | — |
| 6 | Old French | aige | Alternative form of aage |
| 7 | Old French | edage | Alternative form of aage |
| 8 | Old French | aage | age |
| 9 | Vulgar Latin | aetaticum | age |
| 10 | Latin | aetās | the period of a life: lifetime, lifespan |
| 11 | Latin | aevitās | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | aiwotāts | age |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eyu- | vitality; eternal; vital force, life, long life,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ey- | vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning |