Where does “tau” come from?
tau (Malay) comes from English tau, from Ancient Greek ταῦ, from Phoenician 𐤕, from Egyptian 𓏴.
tau (Malay): Nonstandard spelling of tahu
Definitions
- Nonstandard spelling of tahu
Ancestry of “tau”, step by step
tau traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tau
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | tau | The letter Τ/τ in the Greek, Hebrew and ancient... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ταῦ | tau, the name for the twentieth letter Τ, τ of... |
| 3 | Phoenician | 𐤕 | taw |
| 4 | Egyptian | 𓏴 | — |
via Proto-Malayic tahu(ʔ)
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Malayic | tahu(ʔ) | to know; be able to |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | taqu | to know how; be able to |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | Caqu | to know how, be able to |