Where does “tortiller” come from?

tortiller (French) comes from Vulgar Latin tortiliare, from Latin tortilis, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

tortiller (French): to twist, twirl; to wriggle, squirm, writhe

Definitions

  1. to twist, twirl; to wriggle, squirm, writhe

Ancestry of “tortiller”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latintortiliare—
2Latintortilistwisted, coiled
3Latintortustwisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “tortiller”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin tortus →