Where does “ttardja” come from?

ttardja (Maltese) comes from Italian tardare, from Latin tardo, from Latin tardus — slow, sluggish; tardy; late, lingering.

ttardja (Maltese): to delay, to postpone

Definitions

  1. to delay, to postpone

Ancestry of “ttardja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantardareto be late; to seem late, said of something that...
2LatintardoI check or retard; I hinder, impede or delay; I...
3Latintardusslow, sluggish; tardy; late, lingering
Every word from Latin tardus →Every word from Latin tardo →Every word from Italian tardare →