Where does “タンジェント” come from?
タンジェント (Japanese) comes from English tangent, from Latin tangentem, from Latin tangens, from Latin tangō, from Proto-Italic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- — to bite.
タンジェント (Japanese): tangent
Ancestry of “タンジェント”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | tangent | A straight line touching a curve at a single... |
| 2 | Latin | tangentem | accusative masculine singular of tangēns;... |
| 3 | Latin | tangens | touching, grasping; reaching, arriving at;... |
| 4 | Latin | tangō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *tangō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | denḱ- | to bite |