English
taligrade
Taligrade comes from Latin talus ‘ankle, heel’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *tākslos.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tākslosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtalus‘ankle, heel’
- Englishtodaytaligrade
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tākslosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtalus‘ankle, heel’
- Englishtodaytaligrade
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- ‘to touch’
contact, taste, integrity, contingent, tangible, attain, integrate, tame, taxis, contiguous, tangent, tactile, taxonomy, contagion, tact, contaminate, tama, ataxia, thwack, 29 more
through Latin talus ‘ankle, heel’
Today it means
adj Walking on the edge of its feet.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *tākslos / taligrade