Etymograph

English

tagset

From tag + set.

A compound of tag + set

Middle English tagge ‘small piece hanging from a garment’

English tag

Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’

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Proto-Germanic *satjaną ‘to set’

Proto-West Germanic *sattjan ‘to set’

Old English settan ‘to set’

Middle English setten ‘to seat’

English set

Today it means

noun A collection of tags.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tagset”. 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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