Where does “appeltaart” come from?
appeltaart (Dutch) comes from Dutch taart, from Middle Dutch tāerte, from Old French tarte, from Old French tourte, from Late Latin torta, from Latin torta panis, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
appeltaart (Dutch): apple pie, apple tart
Definitions
- apple pie, apple tart
Ancestry of “appeltaart”, step by step
appeltaart traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch taart
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | taart | pie, cake; hag, bag |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | tāerte | pie, cake |
| 3 | Old French | tarte | — |
| 4 | Old French | tourte | — |
| 5 | Late Latin | torta | — |
| 6 | Latin | torta panis | twisted bread |
| 7 | Latin | tortus | twisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted |
| 8 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |