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What does the affix tang mean?

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tang-, -ting-, tact-, tag- touch. Latin. tangere (past participle tactus) attain, contact, contagious, contingent, contingency, contiguous, intact, tactile, tangent, tangible.

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to bite

Step-by-step explanation:

From a root word meaning "to bite," tang's original meaning was "serpent's tongue."

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