Where does “tangō” come from?

tangō (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- — to bite.

tangō (Latin): to touch, grasp

Definitions

  1. to touch, grasp

Ancestry of “tangō”, step by step

tangō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Italic *tangō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italic*tangō—
2Proto-Indo-Europeandenḱ-to bite

via Proto-Indo-European teh₂ǵ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanteh₂ǵ-to touch

Words derived from “tangō”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- →Every word from Proto-Italic *tangō →
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