Where does “tortion” come from?

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

tortion (English): torment; pain

Definitions

  1. torment; pain

Ancestry of “tortion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintortiotorment, torture
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →
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