Where does “torcu” come from?

torcu (Aromanian) comes from Vulgar Latin torco, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

torcu (Aromanian): I spin

Definitions

  1. I spin

Ancestry of “torcu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar LatintorcoI twist
2Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Vulgar Latin torco →