Where does “torchage” come from?
torchage (French) comes from French torcher, 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.
torchage (French): flaring
Definitions
- flaring
Ancestry of “torchage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | torcher | to wipe with a cloth to remove dirt; to flare; to... |
| 2 | French | torche | torch; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | Old French | torche | bundle; torch |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | torca | — |
| 5 | Latin | torquis | chaplet |
| 6 | Latin | torqueō | to spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | terkʷ- | to turn, spin |