Where does “torture” come from?

torture (French) comes from Latin tortūra, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

torture (French): torture; first-person singular present indicative...

Definitions

  1. torture; first-person singular present indicative...

Ancestry of “torture”, step by step

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

Words derived from “torture”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →