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Where does “torturest” come from?

torturest (English) comes from English torture, from Middle English torture, from Old French torture, from Latin tortūra, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

torturest (English): second-person singular simple present form of...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular simple present form of...

Ancestry of “torturest”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtortureintentional causing of somebody's experiencing...
2Middle Englishtorture—
3Old Frenchtorture—
4Latintortūra—
5Latintortustwisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted
6Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
7Proto-Italic-tus—
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →