Where does “tara” come from?

tara (Spanish) comes from Medieval Latin tara, from Arabic طَرْح, from Arabic طَرَحَ — reject, deduct; to throw.

tara (Spanish): tare; defect, flaw, vice; deficiency

Definitions

  1. tare; defect, flaw, vice; deficiency

Ancestry of “tara”, step by step

tara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Medieval Latin tara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latintara—
2Arabicطَرْحrubbish, refuse
3Arabicطَرَحَreject, deduct; to throw

via Quechua tara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Quechuatara—

Words derived from “tara”

Every word from Arabic طَرَحَ →Every word from Arabic طَرْح →Every word from Medieval Latin tara →