Where does “teartness” come from?
teartness (English) comes from English teart, from English tart, from French tarte, from German torte, from Italian torta, from Late Latin torta, from Latin torta panis, from Latin tortus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
teartness (English): The condition of being teart
Definitions
- The condition of being teart
Ancestry of “teartness”, step by step
teartness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English teart
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | teart | Tending toward scouring in grazing livestock,... |
| 2 | English | tart | Sharp to the taste; acid; sour; high or too high... |
| 3 | French | tarte | pie, tart; slap; something easy to do |
| 4 | German | torte | inflection of torten: ## first-person singular... |
| 5 | Italian | torta | pie, tart, cake or similar; roundel; The act of... |
| 6 | Late Latin | torta | — |
| 7 | Latin | torta panis | twisted bread |
| 8 | Latin | tortus | twisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted |
| 9 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |