Where does “tácito” come from?
tácito (Spanish) comes from Latin Tacitus, from Latin taceo, from Proto-Italic takēō, from Proto-Indo-European tak- — to be silent.
tácito (Spanish): tacit; unwritten
Ancestry of “tácito”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | Tacitus | — |
| 2 | Latin | taceo | I am silent, say nothing, shut up, hold my... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | takēō | be silent |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tak- | to be silent |
Words derived from “tácito”