tartar

tartar · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dʰreyd-“to have diarrhea”
2. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*dʰṛ-to-
3. Proto-Iranian · derived from*dr̥ti-“manure, feces”
4. Persian · derived fromدرد“dreg”
5. Arabic · derived fromدُرْدِيّ
6. Medieval Greek · derived fromτάρταρον
7. Medieval Latin · derived fromtartarum
8. Old French · derived fromtartre
9. English todaytartar

From Old French tartre, from Medieval Latin tartarum, from Medieval Greek τάρταρον (tártaron), said to be from Arabic دُرْدِيّ (durdiyy), though it is already found in Pelagonius’s Ars veterinaria 46 in the adjective tartarālis, if the reading is correct. Arabic etymon from Persian درد (dord, “dreg”) from Proto-Iranian *dr̥ti- (“manure, feces”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰṛ-to-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreyd- (“to have diarrhea”), whence also doublet of dirt.

tartar · noun²

From figurative use of Tartar.

Tartar · noun, adjective³

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

From Old French Tartaire, from Medieval Latin Tartarus (“Tartar, Mongol”), from Old Turkic 𐱃𐱃𐰺 (t¹t¹r¹), spelling influenced by Latin Tartarus (“Hell (in Greek mythology)”), from Ancient Greek Τάρταρος (Tártaros). Doublet of Tatar and tartare.

Tartar · proper noun⁴

1. Armenian · borrowed fromԹարթառ
2. English todayTartar

From Armenian Թարթառ (Tʻartʻaṙ).

Words from the same roots