Where does “tartness” come from?
tartness (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.
tartness (English): The characteristic of being tart; sharpness of...
Definitions
- The characteristic of being tart; sharpness of...
Ancestry of “tartness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |