'Tandem' is a word borrowed from Latin 'tandem'. The word entered the English language some time around 1785.
tandem [noun] [circa 1785]
- a 2-seated carriage drawn by horses harnessed one before the other
- a team so harnessed
- tandem bicycle
- a vehicle (as a motortruck) having close-coupled pairs of axles
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Etymology: Latin, at last, at length (taken to mean “lengthwise”), from 'tam' so; akin to Old English 'thæt' that
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