Where does “torxa” come from?

torxa (Catalan) comes from French torche, from Old French torche, from Vulgar Latin torca, from Latin torquis, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

torxa (Catalan): torch

Definitions

  1. torch

Ancestry of “torxa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtorchetorch; first-person singular present indicative...
2Old Frenchtorchebundle; torch
3Vulgar Latintorca—
4Latintorquischaplet
5Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
6Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin
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