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Where does “tord” come from?

tord (French) comes from French tordre, from Vulgar Latin torcere, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

tord (French): third-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “tord”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtordreto twist; to wring; to bend
2Vulgar Latintorcerepresent active infinitive of *torcō
3Latintorqueō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin

Words derived from “tord”

  • torcol
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →