Social tact in Latin?

1. What does the Latin word tact mean?
2. What Latin root means touch?
3. What is the root word of tactful?
4. What is the verb for tact?

What does the Latin word tact mean?

Incidentally, touch and tact are not related words: while tact comes from the Latin verb that means "to touch," touch likely comes from a more informal Latin verb that means "to knock or strike."

What Latin root means touch?

The Latin root word tangere means “touch,” and a person with tact avoids touching dangerous words like they are an electric fence. When you say something without tact, you “put your foot in your mouth,” as the phrase goes.

What is the root word of tactful?

1200), from Latin tactus "a touch, handling, sense of touch," from root of tangere "to touch," from PIE root *tag- "to touch, handle." Meaning "sense of discernment in action or conduct, diplomacy, fine intuitive mental perception" first recorded 1804, from development in French cognate tact.

What is the verb for tact?

tacked: (verb) fasten with tacks. (verb) turn into the wind. tact: (noun) consideration in dealing with others and avoiding giving offense.