Where does “taninos” come from?
taninos (Romanian) comes from Romanian tanin, from French tanin, from French tan, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος, from Proto-Hellenic tónos — to stretch, to extend.
taninos (Romanian): tannic
Definitions
- tannic
Ancestry of “taninos”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | tanin | tannin |
| 2 | French | tanin | tannin |
| 3 | French | tan | pulped oak bark used in the tanning process |
| 4 | French | ton | Your, thy; Tone; Tone, shade |
| 5 | Old French | ton | your |
| 6 | Latin | tonus | The stretching or straining of a rope; A strain;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τόνος | rope, cord; chord; tone, note |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | tónos | rope, cord; tension |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tónos | something stretched; chord, fiber, string |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |