Where does “tartuffery” come from?
tartuffery (English) comes from English tartuffe, from French tartuffe, from Italian tartufo, from Medieval Latin territuberum, from Latin terrae, from Latin terra, from Proto-Italic terzā, from Proto-Indo-European ters-eh₂ — dry.
tartuffery (English): religious hypocrisy
Definitions
- religious hypocrisy
Ancestry of “tartuffery”, step by step
tartuffery traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tartuffe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tartuffe | A religious hypocrite |
| 2 | French | tartuffe | tartuffe |
| 3 | Italian | tartufo | truffle; hypocrite; tartuffe; first-person... |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | territuberum | — |
| 5 | Latin | terrae | nominative plural of terra; genitive singular of... |
| 6 | Latin | terra | ground, dry land; earth, soil, dirt; Earth's... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | terzā | earth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ters-eh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ters- | dry |
via English ery
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ery | — |