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

Definitions

  1. tea towel

Ancestry of “torchon”, 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 “torchon”

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