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
Ancestry of “taco”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | tacco | heel; chock; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Italian | taccone | patch; botch; hobnail |
| 3 | Italian | tacca | notch, nick; third-person singular present... |
| 4 | Frankish | takkō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | takkô | spike, thorn, prickle |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | deǵ- | to rip, tear |
Words derived from “taco”