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Where does “tarte flambée” come from?

tarte flambée (English) comes from French tarte flambée, 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.

tarte flambée (English): A baked dish consisting of a thin, crispy bread...

Definitions

  1. A baked dish consisting of a thin, crispy bread...

Ancestry of “tarte flambée”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtarte flambéetarte flambée
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →