tannin
The origin and history of tannin.
Etymology
Tannin was borrowed from French tannin, which goes back to the Latin tannum, meaning oak bark. That Latin word in turn came from a Gaulish word for oak.
The origin and history of tannin.
Tannin was borrowed from French tannin, which goes back to the Latin tannum, meaning oak bark. That Latin word in turn came from a Gaulish word for oak.
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