tortuga
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- turtle
- tortoise
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish 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
- Turtlemania English
- nonturtle English
- turtle English
- turtleback English
- turtledom English
- turtlehead English
- turtleless English
- turtlelike English
- turtleneck English
- turtler English
- turtleweed English
- turtling English
- Tartarucchus Latin
- tartarucchus Latin
- tartarucha Latin
- tartarūcha Latin
- tortus Latin
- tortūca Latin
- tartaruga Italian
- tortue French
- tortuguismo Spanish, Castilian
- tortuguita Spanish, Castilian
- ταρταροῦχος Ancient Greek
- tartaruga Portuguese
- tortou Middle English
- tortuga Catalan, Valencian
- tartaruga Galician
- tortugo Ido
- tortue Middle French
- 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
- totol Torres Strait Creole
- ᑖᐦᑖᐤ Northern East Cree