tass

tass · noun

1. Proto-Indo-European*deh₂y-“to divide, split, section, part, separate”
2. Proto-Germanic*tasaz
3. Old Englishtas“heap, mow of grain”
4. Middle Englishtaas“heap, mow of corn”
5. Frankish*tas“mass, pile”
6. Old Frenchtas“heap”
7. Middle Englishtas“heap”
8. Englishtass

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.

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tass · noun

1. Old Frenchtasse
2. Middle English*tasse
3. Englishtass

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

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tass · noun

1. Proto-Germanic*taskǭ
2. Frankish*taskā“pouch”
3. Old Frenchtasse
4. Middle Englishtasse
5. Englishtass

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”).

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tass · noun

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

TASS · proper noun

1. RussianТАСС
2. EnglishTASS

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

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Tass · proper noun

1. HungarianTass
2. EnglishTass

From Hungarian Tass.

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