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Where does “diótorta” come from?

diótorta (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian torta, from Italian torta, from Late Latin torta, from Latin torta panis, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

diótorta (Hungarian): walnut cake

Definitions

  1. walnut cake

Ancestry of “diótorta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantortatorte, cake, gateau
2Italiantortapie, tart, cake or similar; roundel; The act of...
3Late Latintorta—
4Latintorta panistwisted bread
5Latintortustwisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted
6Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
7Proto-Italic-tus—
8Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “diótorta”

  • diótorták
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →