Where does “torcere” come from?

torcere (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin torcere, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

torcere (Italian): to twist; to wring; to bend

Definitions

  1. to twist; to wring; to bend

Ancestry of “torcere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latintorcerepresent active infinitive of *torcō
2Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin

Words derived from “torcere”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Vulgar Latin torcere →