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

  1. The quality of being tarty

Ancestry of “tartiness”, step by step

tartiness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English tarty

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtartyLike a tart (promiscuous woman); slutty, whorish
2EnglishtartSharp to the taste; acid; sour; high or too high...
3Frenchtartepie, tart; slap; something easy to do
4Germantorteinflection of torten: ## first-person singular...
5Italiantortapie, tart, cake or similar; roundel; The act of...
6Late Latintorta
7Latintorta panistwisted bread
8Latintortustwisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted
9Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
10Proto-Italic-tus
11Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via English Ness

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNessAn 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
2Middle Englishnesse
3Old Englishnæsnot, not at all; not; first/third-person singular...
4Proto-Germanicnasjąfoothill; headland; cape
5Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂snose
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin tortus