tattoo

tattoo · noun, verb¹

From earlier tattaow, tattow, a borrowing from a Polynesian language, e.g. Samoan tatau (“tattoo; to tap, to strike”).

tattoo · noun, verb²

1. Dutch · borrowed fromtaptoe
2. English todaytattoo

From earlier tap-to, borrowed from Dutch taptoe, from tap (“tap; faucet on a cask”) + toe (“to; shut”). More at tap, to.

tattoo · noun³

1. Hindi · borrowed fromटट्टू
2. English todaytattoo

From Hindi टट्टू (ṭaṭṭū).

Words from the same roots