Where does “tànta” come from?

tànta (Wolof) comes from French tante, from Middle French tante, from Middle French ante, from Old French ante, from Latin amita, from Proto-Indo-European amma- — mother.

tànta (Wolof): aunt

Definitions

  1. aunt

Ancestry of “tànta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtanteaunt
2Middle Frenchtante—
3Middle Frenchanteauntie; aunt
4Old Frenchantenominative singular of antain; aunt
5Latinamitapaternal aunt; father's sister
6Proto-Indo-Europeanamma-mother
Every word from Proto-Indo-European amma- →Every word from Latin amita →Every word from Old French ante →