Where does “tartrovinic acid” come from?
tartrovinic acid (English) comes from English tartro-, 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- — to have diarrhea.
tartrovinic acid (English): ethyltartaric acid
Ancestry of “tartrovinic acid”, step by step