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Where does “attorcere” come from?

attorcere (Italian) comes from Latin attorquere, from Latin attorqueo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

attorcere (Italian): To twist with force

Definitions

  1. To twist with force

Ancestry of “attorcere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinattorquerepresent active infinitive of attorqueō
2LatinattorqueoI hurl, whirl or swing upwards at
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “attorcere”

  • tortiglione
  • attortigliare
  • attorcitura
  • attortigliato
  • attorcigliatura
  • attorcimento
  • attorcigliare
  • attorcigliamento
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →