Where does “torchon” come from?
torchon (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.
torchon (French): tea towel
Ancestry of “torchon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | torche | torch; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 2 | Old French | torche | bundle; torch |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | torca | — |
| 4 | Latin | torquis | chaplet; collar/necklace of twisted metal ,... |
| 5 | Latin | torqueō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | terkʷ- | to turn, spin |
Words derived from “torchon”