Etymograph

English

Tocharian

Tocharian comes from Latin Tocharī.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CETocharī
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1634Tocharian

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CETocharī
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1634Tocharian

Earliest quotation: 1634, C. Plinius Secundus, The Historie of the World: “Beyond the Attaci or Attacores, the Thyrians and Tocharians…”

The story

From Latin Tocharī + -ian, the first element deriving from Ancient Greek Τόχαροι (Tókharoi, “Tochari/Tukharas (an ancient people of Bactria)”), plural of Τόχαρος (Tókharos), probably from an Indo-Iranian source (Old Persian [script needed] (tuxāri-), Khotanese [script needed] (ttahvāra)); compare Sanskrit तुखार (tukhāra). When manuscripts in an unknown Indo-European language were discovered in the early 20th century in the Tarim Basin, scholars linked them to the Tochari/Tukharas mentioned in ancient sources.uncertain The source flags this step as uncertain. As a result, the language was called "Tocharian". However, most scholars now believe this identification was incorrect.

Every English word from Latin Tocharī

Today it means

adj Of or relating to the Tochari (people of Bactria).

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