Morpheme
Taciturn
Type
free base
Denotation
silent, untalkative
Etymology
backformed from taciturnity, from Latin taciturnitās, from taciturnus + -tās and/or French taciturne, from Latin taciturnus, from tacitus + urnus, from rebracketing of diurnus
Evidence
taciturn, taciturnity, taciturnly
