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
Ancestry of “torcu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | torco | I twist |
| 2 | Latin | torqueō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | terkʷ- | to turn, spin |