Where does “tahon” come from?

tahon (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin tabonem, from Latin tabanus — gadfly, horsefly.

Ancestry of “tahon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latintabonem—
2Latintabanusgadfly, horsefly
Every word from Latin tabanus →Every word from Vulgar Latin tabonem →
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