Where does “tortile” come from?

tortile (English) comes from Latin tortilis, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

tortile (English): Twisted, winding, contorted

Definitions

  1. Twisted, winding, contorted

Ancestry of “tortile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintortilistwisted, coiled
2Latintortustwisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “tortile”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin tortus →