Where does “torpido” come from?

torpido (Italian) comes from Ottoman Turkish طورپیدو, from English torpedo, from Latin torpēdō, from Latin torpeō, from Proto-Indo-European terp- — to satisfy.

torpido (Italian): torpid, sluggish

Definitions

  1. torpid, sluggish

Ancestry of “torpido”, step by step

torpido traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ottoman Turkish طورپیدو

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishطورپیدوtorpedo
2EnglishtorpedoAn electric ray of the genus "Torpedo"; A...
3Latintorpēdōlethargy, inertness, sluggishness
4Latintorpeōto be stiff, numb, torpid or motionless
5Proto-Indo-Europeanterp-to satisfy

via Latin torpidus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintorpidusbenumbed, stupefied, torpid
2Latintorperepresent active infinitive of torpeō; to be numb;...
3LatintorpeoI am stiff, numb, torpid or motionless; I am...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

Words derived from “torpido”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terp- →