The story
- Latin · derived fromtaciturnus
- French · derived fromtaciturne
- Latin · derived fromtaciturnitās
- Middle English · inherited fromtaciturnite
- English todaytaciturn
Back-formation from taciturnity, from Middle English taciturnite, from Latin taciturnitās; or alternatively from French taciturne, likely reinforced by Latin taciturnus, from tacitus (“secret, tacit”).
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishtaciturnite all →
taciturnity
Latintaciturnitās all →
taciturnity
Latintaciturnus all →
taciturnous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.