Where does “Τορκούατος” come from?

Τορκούατος (Ancient Greek) comes from Latin Torquatus, from Latin torquis, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

Τορκούατος (Ancient Greek): Torquatus

Definitions

  1. Torquatus

Ancestry of “Τορκούατος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinTorquatusadorned with a neck chain or collar
2Latintorquischaplet
3Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Latin torquis →