myEtymology.com: French etymology of tact

Etymology of the French word tact

the French word tact

derived from the Latin word tactus (touch, sense of touch)

derived from the Latin word tangere)

derived from the Latin word nodo

derived from the Latin word tangere (touch, strike; border on)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tag- (to touch)

English tact

Dutch tact, English tact, German Takt, Lithuanian taktas, Norwegian takt, Russian тaкт, Swedish takt