tass

tass · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*deh₂y-“to divide, split, section, part, separate”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*tasaz
3. Old English · inherited fromtas“heap, mow of grain”
4. Middle English · derived fromtaas“heap, mow of corn”
5. Frankish · derived from*tas“mass, pile”
6. Old French · derived fromtas“heap”
7. Middle English · inherited fromtas“heap”
8. English todaytass

Partly from Middle English tas (“heap”), from Old French tas (“heap”), from Frankish *tas (“mass, pile”); and partly from Middle English taas (“heap, mow of corn”), from Old English tas (“heap, mow of grain”); both from Proto-Germanic *tasaz, *tassaz (“heap, mow, stack”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- (“to divide, split, section, part, separate”). Related to Middle Dutch tas, tasse (“heap, pile”, Dutch tas), Middle Low German tas (“mow of hay or wheat”), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐍃𐍃 (ungatass, “disorganised, irregular”); and possibly also to Old High German zetten (“to straw, fertilise”), Old Norse tað (“spread dung”). See tath.

tass · noun²

1. Old French · derived fromtasse
2. Middle English · inherited from*tasse
3. English todaytass

From Middle English *tasse, from Old French tasse (Modern French tasse (“cup, cupful”)). Cognate with Dutch tas (“cup”), German Tasse (“mug”). Doublet of tazza.

tass · noun³

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*taskǭ
2. Frankish · derived from*taskā“pouch”
3. Old French · derived fromtasse
4. Middle English · inherited fromtasse
5. English todaytass

From Middle English tasse, tache, from Old French tasse, tasche (“purse; pouch”), from Frankish *taskā (“pouch”), from Proto-Germanic *taskǭ, cognate with Old High German tasca (“pouch”), German Tasche (“pocket; pouch”).

tass · noun⁴

From Hindi; compare तसर (tasar, “shuttle (weaving)”).

TASS · proper noun⁵

1. Russian · derived fromТАСС
2. English todayTASS

From Russian ТАСС (TASS), acronym of Телеграфное аге́нтство Советского Союза (Telegrafnoje agéntstvo Sovetskovo Sojuza).

Tass · proper noun⁶

1. Hungarian · borrowed fromTass
2. English todayTass

From Hungarian Tass.

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