Etymology

tête-à-tête

Today it means: A face-to-face meeting, or private conversation between two people, usually in an intimate setting; a head-to-head. Full definition →

French tête-à-tête
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromtête-à-tête“head-to-head”
  2. English todaytête-à-tête

Unadapted borrowing from French tête-à-tête (“head-to-head”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.