Where does “taco” come from?

taco (Spanish) comes from Italian tacco, from Italian taccone, from Italian tacca, from Frankish takkō, from Proto-Germanic takkô, from Proto-Indo-European deǵ- — to rip, tear.

taco (Spanish): taco; peg; dowel

Definitions

  1. taco; peg; dowel

Ancestry of “taco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantaccoheel; chock; first-person singular present...
2Italiantacconepatch; botch; hobnail
3Italiantaccanotch, nick; third-person singular present...
4Frankishtakkō
5Proto-Germanictakkôspike, thorn, prickle
6Proto-Indo-Europeandeǵ-to rip, tear

Words derived from “taco

Every word from Proto-Indo-European deǵ-