Etymology

Tartaria

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Today it means: Synonym of Tartary. Full definition →

Old Turkic 𐱃𐱃𐰺 ← Latin Tartarus ← Ancient Greek Τάρταρος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΤάρταρος
  2. Latin · derived fromTartarus“Hell (in Greek mythology)”
  3. Old Turkic · derived from𐱃𐱃𐰺
  4. English todayTartaria

From Medieval Latin Tartaria (“land of the Tartars”), from Old Turkic 𐱃𐱃𐰺 (t¹t¹r¹) , spelling influenced by Latin Tartarus (“Hell (in Greek mythology)”), from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros).

Words from the same roots

Old Turkic𐱃𐱃𐰺 all →

tartarTatarTartary

LatinTartarus all →

tartarTartarusTartary

Ancient GreekΤάρταρος all →

tartarTartary

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.