Etymology

Tanguy

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Today it means: A surname from French [in turn from Breton]. Full definition →

French Tanguy ← Breton Tangi
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The story

  1. Breton · derived fromTangi
  2. French · borrowed fromTanguy
  3. English todayTanguy

Borrowed from French Tanguy, itself from Breton Tangi.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.