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Where does “tannare” come from?

tannare (Medieval Latin) comes from Late Latin tannum, from Gaulish tanno-, from Latin tannum, from Gaulish tannos, from Proto-Celtic tannos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰonu — fir.

Ancestry of “tannare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latintannumoak bark
2Gaulishtanno-oak; green oak
3Latintannumoak bark
4Gaulishtannos—
5Proto-Celtictannosgreen oak
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰonufir

Words derived from “tannare”

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