Where does “tartro-” come from?
tartro- (English) comes from Old French tartre, from Medieval Latin tartarum, from Byzantine Greek τάρταρον, from Arabic دُرْدِيّ, from Persian درد, from Proto-Iranian *dr̥ti-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰṛ-to-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰreyd- — to have diarrhea.
tartro- (English): tartar
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Words derived from “tartro-”