Etymology

tartaric acid

Today it means: The 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. Full definition →

Medieval Latin tartarum
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  1. Medieval Latin · derived fromtartarum“tartar”
  2. English todaytartaric acid

From Medieval Latin tartarum (“tartar”).

Words from the same roots

Medieval Latintartarum all →

tartartartarictartro-

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.