Where does “តង់សង់” come from?

តង់សង់ (Khmer) comes from French tangente, from Latin tangens, from Latin tangō, from Proto-Italic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- — to bite.

តង់សង់ (Khmer): tangent

Definitions

  1. tangent

Ancestry of “តង់សង់”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtangentetangent
2Latintangenstouching, grasping; reaching, arriving at;...
3Latintangōto touch, grasp
4Proto-Italic*tangō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeandenḱ-to bite
Every word from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- →Every word from Proto-Italic *tangō →Every word from Latin tangō →