Etymograph

English

tactor

Tactor comes from Latin tactor.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtactor1
  2. Englishtodaytactor1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English tactor

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtactorWiktionary, English tactor
  2. EnglishtodaytactorWiktionary, English tactor

Every English word from Latin tactor

Today it means

noun A tactile end-organ.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tactor”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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