Where does “tartwoman” come from?
tartwoman (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.
tartwoman (English): A woman who sells tarts
Definitions
- A woman who sells tarts
Ancestry of “tartwoman”, step by step
tartwoman traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tart
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
via English woman
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | woman | An adult female human; All female humans... |
| 2 | Middle English | womman | An female adult person; a woman; The female sex... |
| 3 | Old English | wīfmann | woman; female servant; woman |
| 4 | Old English | mann | person; man meaning mankind; man meaning adult... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | mann | person, human |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *mann- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |