Where does “tordre” come from?
tordre (French) comes from Vulgar Latin torcere, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.
tordre (French): to twist; to wring; to bend
Definitions
- to twist; to wring; to bend
Ancestry of “tordre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | torcere | present active infinitive of *torcō |
| 2 | Latin | torqueō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | terkʷ- | to turn, spin |
Words derived from “tordre”