Where does “tort” come from?

tort (Catalan) comes from Old Catalan tort, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

tort (Catalan): bent, twisted, crooked, askew, wonky

Definitions

  1. bent, twisted, crooked, askew, wonky

Ancestry of “tort”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Catalantort—
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 “tort”

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