Where does “torque” come from?

torque (French) comes from Old French torque, from Latin torquis, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

torque (French): torque necklace

Definitions

  1. torque necklace

Ancestry of “torque”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtorque—
2Latintorquischaplet
3Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin

Words derived from “torque”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Latin torquis →