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Where does “tartamudo” come from?

tartamudo (Spanish) comes 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, from Latin Tyrus — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

tartamudo (Spanish): stuttering; stutter

Definitions

  1. stuttering; stutter

Ancestry of “tartamudo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishtartatart; feminine nominative/vocative singular of...
2EnglishTartan—
3Middle Englishtartarynrich material
4Middle Frenchtartarinexpensive silk cloth from the Tartar region
5Old Frenchtiretrich cloth; kind of cloth
6Old Frenchtirerank, sequence, order, kind; row; oriental cloth...
7LatintyriusTyrian, of Tyre
8LatinTyrusTyre
9Ancient Greekτυρόςcheese
10Proto-Hellenictūrós—
11Proto-Indo-Europeantuh₂-ró-s—
12Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

Words derived from “tartamudo”

  • tartamudear
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