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