Where does “tarten” come from?
tarten (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.
tarten (English): To make tart or bitter; To become tart or bitter
Definitions
- To make tart or bitter; To become tart or bitter
Ancestry of “tarten”, step by step
tarten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tart
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tart | Sharp to the taste; acid; sour; high or too high... |
| 2 | French | tarte | pie, tart; slap; something easy to do |
| 3 | German | torte | inflection of torten: ## first-person singular... |
| 4 | Italian | torta | pie, tart, cake or similar; roundel; The act of... |
| 5 | Late Latin | torta | — |
| 6 | Latin | torta panis | twisted bread |
| 7 | Latin | tortus | twisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted |
| 8 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |