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Where does “tourte” come from?

tourte (Old French) comes from Late Latin torta, from Latin torta panis, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Ancestry of “tourte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latintorta—
2Latintorta panistwisted bread
3Latintortustwisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “tourte”

  • taart
  • tarte
  • tarte
  • taerte
  • tāerte
  • Taart
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →