Where does “nontortious” come from?
nontortious (English) comes from English tortious, from Anglo-Norman torcious, from Old French tort, from Latin tortum, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
nontortious (English): Not tortious
Definitions
- Not tortious
Ancestry of “nontortious”, step by step
nontortious traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tortious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tortious | Wrongful; harmful; Of, pertaining to, or... |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | torcious | wrongful; unlawful; illegal |
| 3 | Old French | tort | wrong; misdeed |
| 4 | Latin | tortum | nominative neuter singular of tortus; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | tortus | twisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted |
| 6 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |