Where does “tortura” come from?

tortura (Asturian) comes from Latin tortūra, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

tortura (Asturian): torture; third-person singular present indicative...

Definitions

  1. torture; third-person singular present indicative...

Ancestry of “tortura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintortūraa twisting, wreathing
2Latintortustwisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “tortura”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin tortus →
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