Where does “tan” come from?

tan (Middle English) comes from Old French tan, from Latin tannum, from Gaulish tannos, from Proto-Celtic tannos, from Proto-Indo-European dʰonu — fir.

tan (Middle English): oak bark

Definitions

  1. oak bark

Ancestry of “tan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtanpulped oak bark used in the tanning process
2Latintannumoak bark
3Gaulishtannos—
4Proto-Celtictannosgreen oak
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰonufir

Words derived from “tan”

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