Tarock
/təˈrɒk/noun
A card game played with a tarot-derived pack, especially in Central and Eastern Europe.
Did you know?Tarock belongs to the tarot-card tradition, but the cards were originally developed for games; their association with fortune-telling became prominent centuries later.
Etymological Timeline
15th Century
Italian
trionfi
“A card game and pack featuring special triumph cards, an early ancestor of tarot games.”
15th Century
Italian
tarocchi
“The plural name for tarot cards or the game played with them; its ultimate origin is uncertain.”
16th Century
Italian
tarocco
“A tarot card or, in some contexts, a member of the tarot pack; the singular form is associated with the later name.”
18th Century
German
Tarock
“A German adaptation of the Italian tarot-card game and its specialized pack.”
Modern English
English
tarock
“A Central and Eastern European tarot-derived card game.”