Where does “tormentry” come from?

tormentry (English) comes from English torment, from Middle English torment, from Old French torment, from Latin tormentum, from Proto-Italic torkmentom.

tormentry (English): Anything producing torment, annoyance, or pain

Definitions

  1. Anything producing torment, annoyance, or pain

Ancestry of “tormentry”, step by step

tormentry traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English torment

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtormentA catapult or other kind of war-engine; Torture,...
2Middle Englishtormenttorment (suffering, pain)
3Old Frenchtormenttorture; suffering; torment
4Latintormentuman engine for hurling missiles; a shot or missile...
5Proto-Italictorkmentom

via English ry

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishryA test pattern consisting of a repeating character string alternating letters R and Y, used to test five-level teleprinter and radioteletype (RTTY) systems
Every word from Proto-Italic torkmentomEvery word from Latin tormentumEvery word from Old French torment