Where does “tartuffish” come from?
tartuffish (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.
tartuffish (English): hypocritical
Definitions
- hypocritical
Ancestry of “tartuffish”, step by step
tartuffish 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 ish
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ish | Pronunciation spelling of is; somewhat,... |
| 2 | English | -ish | Typical of, similar to, being like; Somewhat,... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ish | Alternative form of -yssh |
| 4 | Old English | -isċ | -ish |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -isk | Creates adjectives from nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -iskaz | Forms adjectives from nouns with the sense of... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iskos | Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to |