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

Mary Barkworth Mary.Barkworth at usu.edu
Thu Jan 28 22:58:28 CST 2016


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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