Where does “torpedo” come from?
torpedo (Cebuano) comes from English torpedo, from Latin torpēdō, from Latin torpeō, from Proto-Indo-European terp- — to satisfy.
torpedo (Cebuano): a torpedo; a cylindrical explosive projectile...
Definitions
- a torpedo; a cylindrical explosive projectile...
Ancestry of “torpedo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | torpedo | An electric ray of the genus "Torpedo"; A... |
| 2 | Latin | torpēdō | — |
| 3 | Latin | torpeō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | terp- | to satisfy |