Where does “tange” come from?
tange (Italian) comes from Italian tangere, from Latin tangō, from Proto-Italic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- — to bite.
tange (Italian): third-person singular present indicative of...
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Ancestry of “tange”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | tangere | To touch; To elicit an emotional response |
| 2 | Latin | tangō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *tangō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | denḱ- | to bite |