Tart(a)r [Tartar, Tartr]

Morpheme

Tart(a)r [Tartar, Tartr]

Type

free base

Denotation

crystalline deposits

Etymology

Old French tartre; Medieval Latin tartarum; Byzantine Greek tártaron

Evidence

detartrate, hemitartrate, tartar, tartar, tartareous, tartaric, tartarine, tartarization, tartarize, tartarized, tartarizes, tartarizing, tartaroborate, tartarous, tartralic, tartramic, tartramide, tartrate, tartrates, tartrazine, tartrelic, tartronate, tartronic, tartronyl, tartrovinic

Notes

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

Homographs

Tartar, Tartar