Where does “taro” come from?

taro (French) comes from French tarif, from Middle French tariff, from Italian tariffa, from Spanish tarifa, from Ottoman Turkish تعرفه, from Persian تعرفه, from Arabic تَعْرِفَة — tariff, rate.

taro (French): taro plant

Definitions

  1. taro plant

Ancestry of “taro”, step by step

taro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French tarif

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtarifprice
2Middle Frenchtariff—
3Italiantariffarate, tariff, price, charge, fare; inflection of...
4Spanishtarifafare; fee
5Ottoman Turkishتعرفهprice list; tariff
6Persianتعرفهtariff, impost; receipt
7Arabicتَعْرِفَةtariff, rate

via Maori taro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maoritarotaro; bread
2Proto-Polynesiantalotaro, eddo
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesiantaləstaro
Every word from Arabic تَعْرِفَة →Every word from Persian تعرفه →Every word from Ottoman Turkish تعرفه →