Latin

tangō

‘touch’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin tangō.

17 English words in this record descend from Latin tangō, most familiar first.

• contact ← contactus ← contingō
• contingent ← contingens ← contingere
• tangible ← tangibilis
• tame ← tamen ← attamen ← atamer ← attāminō
• intangible ← intangibilis ← tangibilis
• tangent ← tangentem ← tangēns
• contiguous ← contiguus ← contingō
• tactile ← tactilis
• tact ← tāctus
• contiguity ← contiguïté ← contiguitās ← contiguus ← contingō
• attinge ← attingō
• attingent ← attingēns ← attingō

More words from tangō

• attingence
• contagium
• contingence
• pertingent
• taction

Etymograph / Latin tangō