Etymology

taction

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Today it means: The act of touching; touch; contact. Full definition →

Latin tactio
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  1. Latin · derived fromtactio“touching”
  2. English todaytaction

Latin tactio (“touching”), from perfect passive participle tactus (“sense of feeling”), from tangere (“to touch, feel”) + action suffix -io; see tact and -ion.

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