tortuga
Catalan
noun
Definitions
- turtle
- tortoise
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan tartuga inherited from Latin Tartarucchus derived from Ancient Greek ταρταροῦχος (inhabitant of Tartarus, the land of the dead in ancient stories, Tartarus, holder of Tartaros).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ταρταροῦχος
Gloss
inhabitant of Tartarus, the land of the dead in ancient stories, Tartarus, holder of Tartaros
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- turtle English
- Tartarucchus Latin
- tartarucchus Latin
- tartarucha Latin
- tartarūcha Latin
- tortus Latin
- tartaruga Italian
- tortue French
- tortuga Spanish, Castilian
- tortuguismo Spanish, Castilian
- tortuguita Spanish, Castilian
- ταρταροῦχος Ancient Greek
- tartaruga Portuguese
- tartaruga Galician
- tortue Middle French
- tortuga Asturian
- tortuga Old Occitan
- tartuga Old Spanish
- turtuga Papiamentu
- tòti Haitian, Haitian Creole
- torti Mauritian Creole
- tortie Louisiana Creole French
- torti Seychellois Creole
- tartuga Old Catalan