English word contact comes from Proto-Indo-European *taǵ-, Sanskrit तल, and later Proto-Italic *tangō (Touch.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *taǵ- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | to touch |
| तल | Sanskrit (san) | |
| *teh₂g- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| *tangō | Proto-Italic (itc-pro) | Touch. |
| tango | Latin (lat) | (transitive) I attain to.. (transitive) I come home to.. (transitive) I move, affect.. (transitive) I reach, arrive at.. (transitive) I touch, grasp. |
| contingere | Latin (lat) | |
| contactus | Latin (lat) | A contagion, infection.. The act of touching; contact, touch. |
| contact | English (en) | (transitive) To establish communication with something or someone. (transitive) To touch; to come into physical contact with. (electricity) A device designed for repetitive connections.. (informal) A contact lens.. (informal, by ellipsis) Contact juggling.. (mining) The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.. A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.. Someone [...] |