Where does “torture” come from?
torture (Asturian) comes from Asturian torturar, from Asturian tortura, from Latin tortūra, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
torture (Asturian): first-person singular present subjunctive of...
Definitions
- first-person singular present subjunctive of...
Ancestry of “torture”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Asturian | torturar | to torture |
| 2 | Asturian | tortura | torture; third-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | tortūra | — |
| 4 | Latin | tortus | twisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |