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English

Tăcuta

Tăcuta comes from Romanian tăcut ‘quiet’, from tăcea ‘to be silent, say nothing’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *takēō.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*takēō‘to be silent’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtacēre
  3. Romanianc. 1500–presenttăcea‘to be silent, say nothing’
  4. Romanian, derivedc. 1500–presenttăcut‘quiet’
  5. Romanian, derivedc. 1500–presentTăcutafeminine definite form of tăcut
  6. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*takēō‘to be silent’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtacēre
  3. Romanianc. 1500–presenttăcea‘to be silent, say nothing’
  4. Romanian, derivedc. 1500–presenttăcut‘quiet’
  5. Romanian, derivedc. 1500–presentTăcutafeminine definite form of tăcut
  6. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *takēō ‘to be silent’

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Today it means

name A commune of Vaslui County, Romania.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *takēō / Tăcuta

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