Where does “Taro” come from?

Taro comes from Latin Tarus, a term of uncertain origin and meaning whose ultimate source remains unknown.

Taro (English): Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato

Definitions

  1. Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato

Ancestry of “Taro”, step by step

Taro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Maori taro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maoritarotaro; bread
2Proto-Polynesiantalotaro, eddo
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantaləstaro

via Latin Tarus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinTarusthat flows near Parma, now the Taro

Words derived from “Taro”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian taləs →Every word from Proto-Polynesian talo →Every word from Maori taro →