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.

Tartar (English): Alternative spelling of Tatar; A member of the...

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of Tatar; A member of the...

Ancestry of “Tartar”, step by step

Tartar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French tartre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtartreflat pastry
2Medieval Latintartarum
3Byzantine Greekτάρταρον
4Arabicدُرْدِيّliquid sediment, lees, amurca
5Persianدردpain; ache; affliction
6Proto-Iranian*dr̥ti-
7Proto-Indo-European*dʰṛ-to-
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰreyd-to have diarrhea

via Armenian Թարթառ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ArmenianԹարթառTartar river

Words derived from “Tartar

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰreyd-Every word from Proto-Indo-European *dʰṛ-to-Every word from Proto-Iranian *dr̥ti-
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