myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of tactus

Etymology of the Latin word tactus

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 tacnode, English tactual, French tactum, French tact, French tactisme, Italian tatto, Italian tacnodo, Portuguese tactus, Portuguese tato, Spanish tacto