Etymology

tactile

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Today it means: Tangible; perceptible to the sense of touch. Full definition →

Middle French tactile ← Latin tactilis
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromtactilis“that may be touched, tangible”
  2. Middle French · borrowed fromtactile
  3. English todaytactile

Borrowed from Middle French tactile, from Latin tactilis (“that may be touched, tangible”), from tangere (“to touch”).

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