Where does “tarot” come from?

tarot (Romanian) comes from French tarot, from Italian tarocco, from German Tarock — tarot cards; A game played with tarot cards.

tarot (Romanian): tarot

Definitions

  1. tarot

Ancestry of “tarot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtarottarot
2Italiantaroccotarot; tarot card; a variety of orange cultivated...
3GermanTarocktarot cards; A game played with tarot cards
Every word from German Tarock →