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Where does “tajantemente” come from?

tajantemente (Spanish) comes from Spanish tajante, from Spanish -ante, from Latin -āns, from Latin -ns, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt, from Hungarian ön, from Hungarian ön- — sound, voice.

tajantemente (Spanish): emphatically; categorically

Definitions

  1. emphatically; categorically

Ancestry of “tajantemente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtajanteemphatic; categorical
2Spanish-anteForms adjectives from verbs
3Latin-āns—
4Latin-ns-ing; ending of the present active participle
5Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
6Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
7Hungarianönyou
8Hungarianön-self-
9Turkishönfront
10Ottoman Turkishاوك—
11Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice
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