Where does “torcia” come from?

torcia (Italian) comes from Old French torche, from Vulgar Latin torca, from Latin torquis, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

torcia (Italian): torch

Definitions

  1. torch

Ancestry of “torcia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtorchebundle; torch
2Vulgar Latintorca—
3Latintorquischaplet
4Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin

Words derived from “torcia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Latin torquis →