Where does “attangere” come from?
attangere (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin attingere, from Latin tangō, from Proto-Italic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- — to bite.
Ancestry of “attangere”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | attingere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 2 | Latin | tangō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *tangō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | denḱ- | to bite |
Words derived from “attangere”