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Where does “tache” come from?

tache (Middle English) comes from Old French tasche, from Frankish taska, from Proto-Germanic taskǭ, from Proto-Indo-European das-, from Translingual da, from English deca-, from French déca-, from Latin decās — front.

Ancestry of “tache”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtascheduty; obligation
2Frankishtaskapouch
3Proto-Germanictaskǭbag, purse; pouch, pocket
4Proto-Indo-Europeandas-—
5Translingualda—
6Englishdeca-Greek number...
7Frenchdéca-deca-
8Latindecās—
9Ancient Greekδεκάςthe number ten; a group of ten, decade
10Ancient Greek-ᾰ́ςgroup of
11Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
12Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
13Hungarianönyou
14Hungarianön-self-
15Turkishönfront

Words derived from “tache”

  • tasse
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