Where does “tartar” come from?

Tartar comes from Old French tartre, from Medieval Latin tartarum, from Byzantine Greek τάρταρον, from Arabic دُرْدِيّ.

tartar (English): A red compound deposited during wine making;...

Definitions

  1. A red compound deposited during wine making;...

Ancestry of “tartar”, step by step

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

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- →