Etymograph

English

talin

Talin comes from Latin tālus ‘ankle’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *tākslos.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tākslosreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtālus‘ankle’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2015talin

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tākslosreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtālus‘ankle’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2015talin

Earliest quotation: 2015, Labeo rohita (Hamilton)”: “Talin showed two isoforms in rohu, where as talin-1…”

Formed from -in

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- ‘to touch’

contact, taste, integrity, integrate, contingent, tangible, tame, contiguous, taxis, attain, tangent, taxonomy, tactile, contagion, tact, contaminate, tama, ataxia, thwack, 29 more

through Latin tālus ‘ankle’

talon, talus, 4 more

Today it means

noun Any of a group of cytoskeletal proteins

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

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *tākslos / talin