Where does “torc” come from?

torc (Irish) comes from English torque, from French torque, from Old French torque, from Latin torquis, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

torc (Irish): wild boar; portly, corpulent, person; man of...

Definitions

wild boar; portly, corpulent, person; man of...

Ancestry of “torc”, step by step

torc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English torque

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	torque	A rotational or twisting effect of a force; a...
2	French	torque	torque necklace
3	Old French	torque	—
4	Latin	torquis	chaplet
5	Latin	torqueō	to spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
6	Proto-Indo-European	terkʷ-	to turn, spin

via Old Irish torc

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old Irish	torc	boar; chieftain, hero; torque
2	Proto-Celtic	*tworkos	boar
3	Proto-Indo-European	twerḱ-	to carve, cut off, trim

Words derived from “torc”

torcán

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