Where does “Tangentopoli” come from?

Tangentopoli (Italian) comes from Italian tangente, from Latin tangens, from Latin tangō, from Proto-Italic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- — to bite.

Tangentopoli (Italian): the corrupt Italian political system that came to an end in the early 1990s

Definitions

  1. the corrupt Italian political system that came to an end in the early 1990s

Ancestry of “Tangentopoli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantangentetangent, tangential; tangent; cut, rake-off,...
2Latintangenstouching, grasping; reaching, arriving at;...
3Latintangōto touch, grasp
4Proto-Italic*tangō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandenḱ-to bite

Words derived from “Tangentopoli”

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