tan
English
/tæn/
noun
Definitions
- A yellowish-brown colour.
- A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources.
- The bark of an oak or other tree from which tannic acid is obtained.
Etymology
Borrowed from French tan (tanbark) derived from Gaulish tanno- (green oak) derived from Proto-Celtic *tannos (green oak) derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰonu, *(s)dʰonu (fir).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰonu, *(s)dʰonu
Gloss
fir
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- arctan English
- bark English
- femur English
- mistle English
- mistletoe English
- mistletoebird English
- mistletoed English
- oak English
- overtan English
- permatan English
- pit English
- sun English
- suntan English
- tanaholic English
- tanbark English
- tanling English
- tannability English
- tannable English
- tannage English
- tanner English
- tannery English
- tannish English
- tanoak English
- tanpit English
- tanyard English
- untannable English
- yard English
- femur Latin
- femore Italian
- tan French
- tannage French
- tanner French
- tanneur French
- tannique French
- θάμνος Ancient Greek
- *dʰonu Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰonu, *(s)dʰonu Proto-Indo-European
- *dannǭ Proto-Germanic
- धनु Sanskrit
- mistel-tō Middle English
- tannere Middle English
- tani Esperanto
- fèmur Catalan, Valencian
- धनु Hindi
- tanagar Ido
- tano Ido
- ဓနု Burmese
- thanë Albanian
- thënukël Albanian
- *tanno- Proto-Celtic
- *tannos Proto-Celtic
- dhanu Pali
- tann Breton
- tannoed Breton
- *tanno- Gaulish
- *tannos Gaulish
- tanno- Gaulish
- dhnūva Old Khmer