tang
to touch
Latin · tangere / tactus
Tang, tact, and tag come from Latin tangere, "to touch". They appear in words about touching, contact, feeling, and handling situations with a gentle touch.
Memory trick
TACTile means touchable; TACT is a gentle touch with feelings.
Words from this root
- contact (con + tact) — a touching together; to reachसंपर्क
- cotangent (co + tang + ent) — a trigonometric ratioकोटेंजेंट, एक त्रिकोणमितीय अनुपात
- intangible (in + tang + ible) — not able to be touchedअमूर्त, छुआ न जा सकने वाला
- tact (tact) — sensitive handling of othersचतुराई, व्यवहार-कुशलता
- tactful (tact + ful) — careful of others' feelingsव्यवहार-कुशल
- tactfully (tact + ful + ly) — in a considerate wayसमझदारी से
- tactile (tact + ile) — related to touchस्पर्श संबंधी
- tactless (tact + less) — hurtful, without careरूखा, असंवेदनशील
- tangent (tang + ent) — a line that just touches a curveस्पर्श रेखा
- tangential (tang + ential) — only slightly relatedकम संबंधित, बाहरी
- tangible (tang + ible) — able to be touchedमूर्त, छूने योग्य
- contactless (con + tact + less) — without direct touchबिना छुए