[Taxacom] Origin of prefix "taut" as in tautonym

[Hubert Turner]

 tautonym from Greek ταὐτός  (tautos) “the same”


Hubert

On 29/01/16 05:58, "Taxacom on behalf of Mary Barkworth"
<taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu on behalf of Mary.Barkworth at usu.edu>
wrote:

>I have looked online and can find explanations of what a tautonym is but
>not the origin of the taut part.  Could someone explain please? And if
>anyone wishes to enhance the Wikipedia entry for tautonym by adding the
>information, more power to them.
>
>Mary
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