Where does “rate tart” come from?

rate tart (English) comes from English tart, from French tarte, from German torte, from Italian torta, from Late Latin torta, from Latin torta panis, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

rate tart (English): A person who signs up for a credit card that has...

Definitions

  1. A person who signs up for a credit card that has...

Ancestry of “rate tart”, step by step

rate tart traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tart

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtartSharp to the taste; acid; sour; high or too high...
2Frenchtartepie, tart; slap; something easy to do
3Germantorteinflection of torten: ## first-person singular...
4Italiantortapie, tart, cake or similar; roundel; The act of...
5Late Latintorta
6Latintorta panistwisted bread
7Latintortustwisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted
8Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
9Proto-Italic-tus
10Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via English rate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrateThe worth of something; value; The proportional...
2Frenchratespleen; female equivalent of rat; female rat;...
3Frenchratrat; sweetheart; scrooch
4Middle Frenchratrat
5Old Frenchratrat rodent
6Old High Germanratorat
7Proto-Germanicratō
8Proto-Germanicrattazrat
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanHreh₃d-to scrape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus
rate tart — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer