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Where does “tunc” come from?

tunc (Latin) comes from Latin tum, from Proto-Indo-European tóm, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.

tunc (Latin): then, "in its senses as"; from then on: from that...

Definitions

  1. then, "in its senses as"; from then on: from that...

Ancestry of “tunc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintumthen, thereupon; at the time, at that time, then;...
2Proto-Indo-Europeantóm—
3Proto-Indo-Europeansóthis; that

Words derived from “tunc”

  • etiamtunc
  • adonc
  • donc
  • do
  • atunci
  • donkes
  • adonc
  • doncques
  • donc
  • donca
  • atumtsea
  • dunc
  • ad tunc ce
  • doncje
  • duanc
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