Where does “tanto” come from?
tanto (Mauritian Creole) comes from French tantôt, from French tant, from Old French tant, from Latin tantus, from Latin tam, from Proto-Indo-European téh₂m, from Proto-Indo-European séh₂, from Proto-Indo-European só — this; that.
tanto (Mauritian Creole): later; this evening
Definitions
- later; this evening
Ancestry of “tanto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | tantôt | sometimes; this afternoon; later/earlier |
| 2 | French | tant | so much; so many |
| 3 | Old French | tant | so much, so many; so much; such |
| 4 | Latin | tantus | of such size, of such measure; so much, so great |
| 5 | Latin | tam | so, so much, to such an extent, to such a degree |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | téh₂m | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | séh₂ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | só | this; that |