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Where does “tatticone” come from?

tatticone (Italian) comes from Italian tattica, from Ancient Greek τακτικός, from Ancient Greek -τικός, from Ancient Greek -σις, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

tatticone (Italian): tactician; old fox

Definitions

  1. tactician; old fox

Ancestry of “tatticone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantatticatactics; stratagem; scheme
2Ancient Greekτακτικόςfit for ordering or arranging, especially in war;...
3Ancient Greek-τικόςrelating to, suited to, skilled in, able to,...
4Ancient Greek-σιςAdded to verb stems to form abstract nouns or...
5Ancient Greek-τιςEarlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,...
6Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →