Where does “tormentar” come from?
tormentar (Ido) comes from French tourmenter, from French tourment, from Middle French tourment, from Old French torment, from Latin tormentum, from Proto-Italic torkmentom.
tormentar (Ido): to torture, torment
Definitions
- to torture, torment
Ancestry of “tormentar”, step by step
tormentar traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via French tourmenter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | tourmenter | to torment, to torture; to torment, to bother, to... |
| 2 | French | tourment | torture; torment; discomfort; pain |
| 3 | Middle French | tourment | torture; torment; discomfort; pain |
| 4 | Old French | torment | torture; suffering; torment |
| 5 | Latin | tormentum | an engine for hurling missiles; a shot or missile... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | torkmentom | — |
via Spanish atormentar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | atormentar | to torment |
| 2 | Spanish | á- | a-, non-, -less |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
via Italian tormentare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | tormentare | to torment; to bother or pester |
| 2 | Italian | -are | Used, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most... |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |