Where does “tag” come from?

tag (Welsh) comes from Welsh tagu — to choke, to strangle.

tag (Welsh): choking, suffocation

Definitions

  1. choking, suffocation

Ancestry of “tag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Welshtaguto choke, to strangle

Words derived from “tag

Every word from Welsh tagu
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