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Where does “tăun” come from?

tăun (Romanian) comes from Vulgar Latin tabonem, from Latin tabanus — gadfly, horsefly.

tăun (Romanian): horsefly, gadfly

Definitions

  1. horsefly, gadfly

Ancestry of “tăun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latintabonem—
2Latintabanusgadfly, horsefly
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