Where does “terte” come from?
terte (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from French tarte, from German torte, from Italian torta, from Late Latin torta, from Latin torta panis, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
terte (Norwegian Nynorsk): a tart
Definitions
- a tart
Ancestry of “terte”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | tarte | pie, tart; slap; something easy to do |
| 2 | German | torte | inflection of torten: ## first-person singular... |
| 3 | Italian | torta | pie, tart, cake or similar; roundel; The act of... |
| 4 | Late Latin | torta | — |
| 5 | Latin | torta panis | twisted bread |
| 6 | Latin | tortus | twisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted |
| 7 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |