Etymology · Medieval Latin
tartarum
4 English words descend from Medieval Latin tartarum, most common first.
- tartarA red compound deposited during wine making, mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate; wine stone — a source of cream of tartar.
- tartaricContaining tartrates
- tartaric acidThe aldaric acid, 2,3 dihydroxy-succinic acid, that occurs naturally in many plants, in wine and in tamarind; it is used as the salts cream of tartar and Rochelle salt.
- tartro-tartar