Where does “tangentera” come from?
tangentera (Swedish) comes from Swedish tangent, from Latin tangens, from Latin tangō, from Proto-Italic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- — to bite.
tangentera (Swedish): to key , to enter, to type
Definitions
- to key , to enter, to type
Ancestry of “tangentera”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | tangent | key; tangent |
| 2 | Latin | tangens | touching, grasping; reaching, arriving at;... |
| 3 | Latin | tangō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *tangō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | denḱ- | to bite |