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Tangible

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means able to be touched or perceived, or clearly real and definite
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Stage 1 of 3
tangere
Latin · ancient
"to touch"
to touch
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Stage 2 of 3
tangibilis
Late Latin · medieval
"able to be touched"
able to be touched, from tangere
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Stage 3 of 3
tangible
English · 1580s
"able to be touched, or clearly real and definite"
settled as the English word for something able to be touched or clearly real
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