Where does “torchère” come from?

torchère (French) comes from French torche, from Old French torche, from Vulgar Latin torca, from Latin torquis, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

torchère (French): standard lamp, floor lamp, torchiere

Definitions

  1. standard lamp, floor lamp, torchiere

Ancestry of “torchère”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtorchetorch; first-person singular present indicative...
2Old Frenchtorchebundle; torch
3Vulgar Latintorca—
4Latintorquischaplet
5Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
6Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin

Words derived from “torchère”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Latin torquis →