Where does “Tartar” come from?
Tartar derives from Armenian Թարթառ, from Latin Tartarus, from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος, from Ancient Greek Ταρτησσός, ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἡράκλειοι Στῆλαι.
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Ancestry of “Tartar”, step by step
Tartar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French tartre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | tartre | flat pastry |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | tartarum | — |
| 3 | Byzantine Greek | τάρταρον | — |
| 4 | Arabic | دُرْدِيّ | liquid sediment, lees, amurca |
| 5 | Persian | درد | pain; ache; affliction |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | *dr̥ti- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰṛ-to- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰreyd- | to have diarrhea |
via Armenian Թարթառ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armenian | Թարթառ | Tartar river |