tarte
The first sense of today's word probably was borrowed from an Old French word like "torte" (current French "tourte") which comes from Late Latin "torta panis," a kind of bread. This word refers to the rich, thin-layered cakes of Europe, such as the German Torte and the Russian tort. The second meaning of the noun probably derives from the adjective, since tarty girls are visually sharp and pungent. This word comes from the Proto-Indo-European *der- "to split, flay," with current meanings ranging from the burning sensation of skin flayed and to skin itself (Greek derma "skin"). In English is turns up as the verb "tear," as well as the adjective "tart."keyk e kam-pahnâ ?
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TÂRŢE
s.f. pl. (Var., Olt.) Zarţale. (din sb. zrcalo = oglindă)
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