Where does “tartar” come from?
tartar (Middle French) comes from Old French Tartar, from Medieval Latin tartarus, from Latin tartarus, from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος, from Ancient Greek Ταρτησσός, from Ancient Greek Ἡράκλειοι Στῆλαι.
tartar (Middle French): Tartar
Ancestry of “tartar”, step by step
Words derived from “tartar”