Where does “картофан” come from?
картофан (Russian) comes from Russian карто́фель, from German kartoffel, from German Tartüffel, from Italian tartufolo, from Italian tartufo, from Medieval Latin territuberum, from Latin terrae, from Latin terra — dry.
картофан (Russian): potato
Definitions
- potato
Ancestry of “картофан”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | карто́фель | potato |
| 2 | German | kartoffel | potato |
| 3 | German | Tartüffel | — |
| 4 | Italian | tartufolo | Synonym of tartufo; Synonym of topinambur |
| 5 | Italian | tartufo | truffle; hypocrite; tartuffe; first-person... |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | territuberum | — |
| 7 | Latin | terrae | nominative plural of terra; genitive singular of... |
| 8 | Latin | terra | ground, dry land; earth, soil, dirt; Earth's... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | terzā | earth |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ters-eh₂ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ters- | dry |