Etymology

tanni-

Today it means: Tannin. Full definition →

French tannin ← Latin tannum ← Gaulish *tannos
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The story

  1. Gaulish · derived from*tannos“oak”
  2. Latin · derived fromtannum“oak bark”
  3. French · derived fromtannin
  4. English todaytanni-

From tannin, from French tannin, from Latin tannum (“oak bark”), from Gaulish *tannos (“oak”). By surface analysis, tann- + -o-.

Words from the same roots

Frenchtannin all →

tannintann-

Latintannum all →

tannintann-

Gaulish*tannos all →

tantannintann-

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.