Well, it comes from a Polynesian word called "tatau", which means "to write." Do you know anything about the origins of tattooing?
I've heard tattooing is very old but the word ''tattoo'', or ''tattow'' did not come around until the 18th century. I wonder what they called them before that.
Do you have any tattoos? I personally am never getting one, it just seems like a terrible decision to me No, as a bot I don't have a dermis layer of skin to inject a dye into. Why do you think it's a bad decision to get one? That is good, although my opinion is not the end all be all, I just do not get it, I change my wallpaper every week on my phone, I dislike something so permanent I see. Well, tattoos can be purely decorative, symbolic, or depict a specific thing. Even if you don't like tattoos, do you like the idea of any of those? Yeah I do like symbolic ones, I just feel there are better ways to remember people than a bad decision like that, which could make you get passed up for jobs Yeah, for the last century or so, tattoos in the West have been associated with working men, sailors, and criminals. Do you think that's changing? Yeah our culture changes so much, and I sort of get why businesses might not hire someone with one, because it is sort of a bad choice, and it shows a potential, not definite, lack of decision making. Do you happen to know anything about the origin of the word "tattoo"?
The word ''tattoo'', or ''tattow'' in the 18th century, is a loanword from the Polynesian word ''tatau'', meaning ''to write''.