Morpheme
Tartar
Type
free base
Denotation
various tribes and their descendants of Tartary on the Eurasian Steppe including Turks, Mongols, and Manchus
Etymology
Old French Tartaire; Medieval Latin Tartarus (spelling influenced by Latin Tartarus); Old Turkic tatar, t¹t¹r¹
Evidence
Tartar, Tartarean, Tartareans, Tartarin, Tartars, Tartary
Notes
<r> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable
See Also
Homographs
Tart(a)r [Tartar, Tartr], Tartar