Etymograph

English

tass

Tass comes from Old French tasse.

  1. Old Frenchc. 842–1400tasse
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*tassereconstructed
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1824tass

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Old Frenchc. 842–1400tasse
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*tassereconstructed
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1824tass

Earliest quotation: 1824, Sir Walter Scott: “Here, Dougal," said the Laird, "gie Steenie a tass…”

Every English word from Old French tasse

Another origin of tass

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*das-uncertain
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*taskǭ‘pouch, pocket’reconstructed
  3. Frankishc. 250–700*taskā‘pouch’reconstructed
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400tasse‘purse’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tasse
  6. Englishtodaytass

Today it means

noun A cup or cupful.

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

Etymograph / Old French tasse / tass

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