Where does “tacer” come from?

tacer (Spanish) comes from Latin taceo, from Proto-Italic takēō, from Proto-Indo-European tak- — to be silent.

tacer (Spanish): to keep quiet; to be silent

Definitions

  1. to keep quiet; to be silent

Ancestry of “tacer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatintaceoI am silent, say nothing, shut up, hold my...
2Proto-Italictakēōbe silent
3Proto-Indo-Europeantak-to be silent
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tak- →Every word from Proto-Italic takēō →Every word from Latin taceo →
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