Where does “tuerta” come from?

tuerta (Ido) comes from Spanish tuerto, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

tuerta (Ido): one-eyed: blind in one eye

Definitions

  1. one-eyed: blind in one eye

Ancestry of “tuerta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtuertoone-eyed, blind in one eye; one-eyed person;...
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin tortus →