## Etymology
Borrowed from French tact, following a semantic shift from earlier tact (“sense of touch; feeling”), borrowed from Latin tāctus (“touched”). The borrowing was likely influenced by earlier English tact (“sense of touch; feeling”), which was a parallel borrowing directly from the Latin.

## AI Etymology
Tact is borrowed from French tact, following a semantic shift from earlier tact (“sense of touch; feeling”), borrowed from Latin tāctus (“touched”). The borrowing was likely influenced by earlier English tact (“sense of touch; feeling”), which was a parallel borrowing directly from the Latin. Important historical forms include Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g-, and Latin tāctus. In present-day use, it means the skill of dealing with people sensitively and saying the right thing without causing offence. Derived formations include tactful, tactfulness, tactless.

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