Where does “tartiness” come from?
tartiness (English) comes from English tarty, from English tart, from French tarte, from German torte, from Italian torta, from Late Latin torta, from Latin torta panis, from Latin tortus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
tartiness (English): The quality of being tarty
Definitions
- The quality of being tarty
Ancestry of “tartiness”, step by step
tartiness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tarty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tarty | Like a tart (promiscuous woman); slutty, whorish |
| 2 | English | tart | Sharp to the taste; acid; sour; high or too high... |
| 3 | French | tarte | pie, tart; slap; something easy to do |
| 4 | German | torte | inflection of torten: ## first-person singular... |
| 5 | Italian | torta | pie, tart, cake or similar; roundel; The act of... |
| 6 | Late Latin | torta | — |
| 7 | Latin | torta panis | twisted bread |
| 8 | Latin | tortus | twisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted |
| 9 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |