Where does “chocoladetaart” come from?
chocoladetaart (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.
chocoladetaart (Dutch): chocolate cake
Definitions
- chocolate cake
Ancestry of “chocoladetaart”, step by step
chocoladetaart 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 |
via Dutch chocolade
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | chocolade | chocolate |
| 2 | Spanish | chocolate | chocolate; hot chocolate; hashish |
| 3 | Classical Nahuatl | chocolātl | A drink with pulverized toasted cacao beans and water, described as cold and foamy. Sometimes fermented and sometimes as a thick drink. It can include a variety of additional ingredients (chili, bee honey, pochotl seeds, pulverized maize corn, vanilla seeds, and many others) |
| 4 | Nahuatl | chicolātl | — |