Where does “taktownie” come from?

taktownie (Polish) comes from Polish taktowny, from Polish takt, from French tact, from Latin tāctus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

taktownie (Polish): tactfully

Definitions

  1. tactfully

Ancestry of “taktownie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishtaktownytactful
2Polishtaktmeasure, bar; tact
3Frenchtacttact
4Latintāctustouched, having been touched, grasped, having been grasped
5Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
6Proto-Italic-tus—
7Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →