Tactile
/ˈtæk.taɪl/noun
Relating to or involving the sense of touch.
Did you know?The ancient Greeks believed that touch was a divine sense, linking it to their gods and the physical realm, making 'tactile' a doorway to the spiritual.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*teks-
“to touch or weave”
Latin
Latin
tactilis
“pertaining to touch”
Old French
Old French
tactile
“of or relating to touch”
Modern English
English
tactile
“related to the sense of touch, often used in sensory contexts”