Where does “toorts” come from?

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

toorts (Dutch): torch; mullein, "Verbascum"

Definitions

  1. torch; mullein, "Verbascum"

Ancestry of “toorts”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtorchebundle; torch
2Vulgar Latintorca—
3Latintorquischaplet
4Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin

Words derived from “toorts”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Latin torquis →