Where does “tanagar” come from?
tanagar (Ido) comes from Ido agar, from Esperanto aĝi, from Esperanto aĝo, from French âge, from Middle French âge, from Old French aige, from Old French edage, from Old French aage — vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning.
tanagar (Ido): to tan
Definitions
- to tan
Ancestry of “tanagar”, step by step
tanagar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
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 | ton | Your, thy; Tone; Tone, shade |
| 5 | Old French | ton | your |
| 6 | Latin | tonus | The stretching or straining of a rope; A strain;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τόνος | rope, cord; chord; tone, note |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | tónos | rope, cord; tension |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tónos | something stretched; chord, fiber, string |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |