Where does “-tard” come from?
-tard (English) comes from English retard, from Old French retarder, from Latin retardo, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro- — passed , crossed.
-tard (English): 2012, Geoffrey Nunberg, Ascent of the A-word:...
Definitions
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Ancestry of “-tard”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | retard | Retardation; delay; A slowing down of the tempo;... |
| 2 | Old French | retarder | to retard; to delay; to make late |
| 3 | Latin | retardo | I hinder, delay, detain, impede or retard |
| 4 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 5 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 6 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
Words derived from “-tard”