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Tactile

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means relating to the sense of touch
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Stage 1 of 2
tangere
Latin · ancient
"to touch"
to touch
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Stage 2 of 2
tactile
English · 1610s
"relating to the sense of touch"
settled as the English word for anything relating to the sense of touch
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