... ) and from Michael S. Howard ( http://www.letarot.it/page.aspx?id=317&lng=ENG ) that it stems from old Greek in view of tarocco – taroch - taraché (the “ch”-ending of “taroch” implying a Greek “chi”), see furthermore Andrea Vitali’s article http://www.associazioneletarot.it/page.aspx?id=264 ...

... The Bembo had relatives there, as I recall. So looking in a Lombard dictionary might be relevant. I will comment later on what it says. The Greek tarache/tarachos is a remote source, except perhaps for the macaronic poets, who were very educated and loved word-play. But it still would have survived ...

... Der Chronikeintrag läßt offen, ob die Benennung Taroccchi schon eingebürgert war oder neu geprägt wurde. Der Name hängt zweifellos mit ital. tara, „Gewichtsabzug", zusammen, und tara seinerseits ist eine Ableitung von arab. tarh , „Abzug", bzw. arab. taraha , „entfernen, beseitigen" ...

Dear all who are interested in the new hypothesis on the etymology of "tarocchi": H1: Etymology is: tarocchi = tar‘occhi = tarh‘ occhi or tara/tari occhi = tara eyes or tare eyes [I propose this also in light of the earlier spelling version “tarochi”, which is “only” a question of spelling ...

... to quote Depaulis), but perhaps there I am too primed by my own thoughts - could you please explain that again for me how you bring the "tara"-side together with this kind of removal/deduction? Is it the low value (or no value following the point lists given above) if the removed ...

Thanks for your idea and also for resurrecting my old post at http://forum.tarothistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=502&p=19407&hilit=tara#p19407, reproducing Depaulis, whose idea deserves consideration. In reply to your suggestion, I do not know the expression "taring the eyes" ...

... and it even says in actual Italian what we could straightforwardly understand today H1: Etymology is: tarocchi = tar‘occhi = tarh‘ occhi or tara/tari occhi = tara eyes or tare eyes [I propose this also in light of the earlier spelling version “tarochi”, which is “only” a question of spelling ...

... The thesis is supported by the derivation of the French "tara", meaning "defective" (like a dull-witted person), derived from "tarhah" and going into Italian as "tara". See ...

On the origin of the words "taraux" and "tarocchi", Depaulis ventured an opinion in Le Tarot Révelé , 2013, pp. 42-43. For the benefit of those who have not availed themselves of this excellent little book, here is the ...

... Wood pile before covering it with turf or soil, and firing it The use of "Tara" (discussed earlier) with the meaning "less quality" (garbage etc.) might have caused, that "tar-"-words were used for ...