Where does “tarte” come from?
tarte (Portuguese) 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.
tarte (Portuguese): tart
Definitions
- tart
Ancestry of “tarte”, 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 |