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...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “tange”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItaliantangereTo touch; To elicit an emotional response
2Latintangōto touch, grasp
3Proto-Italic*tangō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandenḱ-to bite
Every word from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- →Every word from Proto-Italic *tangō →Every word from Latin tangō →