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Where does “torrentiel” come from?

torrentiel (French) comes from French torrent, from Italian torrente, from Latin torrēns, from Latin torrere, from Latin torreo, from Proto-Italic torzēō, from Proto-Indo-European tres-, from Proto-Indo-European ter- — boundary, end.

torrentiel (French): torrential

Definitions

  1. torrential

Ancestry of “torrentiel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchtorrentA torrent
2Italiantorrentestream, creek, torrent
3Latintorrēns—
4Latintorrerepresent active infinitive of torreō;...
5LatintorreoI scorch, burn, parch; I roast, bake; I nip,...
6Proto-Italictorzēō—
7Proto-Indo-Europeantres-to tremble
8Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
9Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
10Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
11Proto-Italictermenos—
12Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end

Words derived from “torrentiel”

  • torrenziale
  • torrentiellement
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