Etymology

tagete

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Today it means: Synonym of tagetes (“individual plant of the genus Tagetes”). Full definition →

translingual Tagetes
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  1. translingual · borrowed fromTagetes
  2. English todaytagete

Apparently back-formed from translingual Tagetes, taking it to be plural.

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