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Where does “tourmenter” come from?

tourmenter (French) comes from French tourment, from Middle French tourment, from Old French torment, from Latin tormentum, from Proto-Italic torkmentom.

tourmenter (French): to torment, to torture; to torment, to bother, to...

Definitions

  1. to torment, to torture; to torment, to bother, to...

Ancestry of “tourmenter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtourmenttorture; torment; discomfort; pain
2Middle Frenchtourmenttorture; torment; discomfort; pain
3Old Frenchtormenttorture; suffering; torment
4Latintormentuman engine for hurling missiles; a shot or missile...
5Proto-Italictorkmentom—

Words derived from “tourmenter”

  • tormentar
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