Tartar

Morpheme

Tartar

Type

bound base

Denotation

equivalent of Hell in Greek and Roman mythology

Etymology

Latin Tartarus; Ancient Greek Tártaros

Evidence

Tartarean, Tartarian, Tartarology, Tartarus

Notes

<r> does not double because the stress falls on the first syllable

Homographs

Tart(a)r [Tartar, Tartr], Tartar