tactful
English
adj
Definitions
- Possessing tact; able to deal with people in a sensitive manner.
Etymology
Suffix from English tact root from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- (touch, take hold of).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*teh₂g-
Gloss
touch, take hold of
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
🥲
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- geotaxis English
- hypotaxis English
- intact English
- para-hypotaxis English
- parataxis English
- syntax English
- tact English
- tactfully English
- tactfulness English
- tactility English
- tactless English
- tangential English
- taxidermal English
- taxis English
- taxocene English
- taxodont English
- taxonym English
- taxonymy English
- untactful English
- untactfully English
- untactfulness English
- contactus Latin
- contingo Latin
- intactus Latin
- integer Latin
- tactilis Latin
- tactus Latin
- tangere Latin
- tangō Latin
- tāctus Latin
- tālāriā Latin
- intact French
- taxonomie French
- συντακτικός Ancient Greek
- τάξις Ancient Greek
- ταγός Ancient Greek
- τακτικός Ancient Greek
- *tag- Proto-Indo-European
- *teh₂g- Proto-Indo-European
- *þakwōną Proto-Germanic
- *tъknǫti Proto-Slavic
- εντάξει Greek (modern)
- teimlo Welsh
- թակարդ Old Armenian
- *tongeti Proto-Celtic
- *tangō Proto-Italic
- *taťťō Proto-Hellenic