English
Tanguy
Tanguy comes from French Tanguy ‘an adult man who lives with his parents,…’, and goes back to Breton Tangi.
- BretonmodernTangi
- Frenchc. 1600–presentTanguy‘an adult man who lives with his parents, similar to Italian mammone’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- BretonmodernTangi
- Frenchc. 1600–presentTanguy‘an adult man who lives with his parents, similar to Italian mammone’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Breton Tangi
Today it means
name A surname from French [in turn from Breton].
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Breton Tangi / Tanguy