Where does “torturer” come from?
torturer (French) comes from Italian torturare, from Italian tortura, from Late Latin tortura, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
torturer (French): to torture
Definitions
- to torture
Ancestry of “torturer”, step by step
torturer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian torturare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | torturare | to torture, torment, pang |
| 2 | Italian | tortura | the act of bending or twisting; torture; torment |
| 3 | Late Latin | tortura | a twisting, writhing, of bodily pain, a griping... |
| 4 | Latin | tortus | twisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |