Where does “tacitare” come from?
tacitare (Italian) comes from Italian tacito, from Latin Tacitus, from Latin taceo, from Proto-Italic takēō, from Proto-Indo-European tak- — to be silent.
tacitare (Italian): to hush up; to pay off
Definitions
- to hush up; to pay off
Ancestry of “tacitare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | tacito | silent; tacit, unspoken; first-person singular... |
| 2 | Latin | Tacitus | A Roman cognomen, notably borne by Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (c.56-117), a historian of ancient Rome and Marcus Claudius Tacitus (c.200-275), a Roman emperor |
| 3 | Latin | taceo | I am silent, say nothing, shut up, hold my... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | takēō | be silent |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tak- | to be silent |