Where does “tartamudez” come from?
tartamudez (Spanish) comes from Spanish tartamudo, from Polish tarta, from English Tartan, from Middle English tartaryn, from Middle French tartarin, from Old French tiret, from Old French tire, from Latin tyrius — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
tartamudez (Spanish): stutter
Definitions
- stutter
Ancestry of “tartamudez”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | tartamudo | stuttering; stutter |
| 2 | Polish | tarta | tart; feminine nominative/vocative singular of... |
| 3 | English | Tartan | The commander-in-chief of ancient Assyria |
| 4 | Middle English | tartaryn | rich material |
| 5 | Middle French | tartarin | expensive silk cloth from the Tartar region |
| 6 | Old French | tiret | rich cloth; kind of cloth |
| 7 | Old French | tire | rank, sequence, order, kind; row; oriental cloth... |
| 8 | Latin | tyrius | Tyrian, of Tyre |
| 9 | Latin | Tyrus | Tyre |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | τυρός | cheese |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | tūrós | cheese |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | tuh₂-ró-s | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |