Proto-Italic

*tangō

‘to touch’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *tangō.

17 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *tangō, most familiar first.

• contact ← contactus ← contingō ← tangō
• contingent ← contingens ← contingere ← tangō
• tangible ← tangibilis ← tangō
• tame ← tamen ← attamen ← atamer ← attāminō
• intangible ← intangibilis ← tangibilis ← tango
• tangent ← tangentem ← tangēns ← tangō
• contiguous ← contiguus ← contingō ← tangō
• tactile ← tactilis ← tangō
• tact ← tāctus ← tangō
• contiguity ← contiguïté ← contiguitās ← contiguus ← contingō
• attinge ← attingō ← tangō
• attingent ← attingēns ← attingō ← tangō

More words from *tangō

• attingence
• contagium
• contingence
• pertingent
• taction

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *tangō