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tan

/ˈtæn/TAN
/ˈtæn/TAN

Meaningan oak

Common meaning: to turn hide into leather with bark

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√DAK‘take, hold’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 147, p. 735 · scan
  2. Bretontann‘an oak’source
  3. Frenchmeaning shiftsan oak → bark for tanningtan‘bark for tanning’source
  4. Englishtan‘to turn hide into leather with bark’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Breton tann ‘an oak’.

Roots

  • tann Breton “an oak”

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