tăun

See also: taun and tãun

Romanian
tăun

Alternative forms
  • tăune

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin root *tabō, *tabōnem, from Latin tabānus. Alternatively from the classical Latin form through alteration of an older Romanian intermediate form *tăân / *tăîn; compare similar development in înăuntru[1]. Cognate with Aromanian tãun, French taon.

Noun

tăun m (plural tăuni)

  1. horsefly, gadfly

See also

References
  1. http://www.dex.ro/t%C4%83un
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