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
Ancestry of “torpido”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | طورپیدو | — |
| 2 | English | torpedo | An electric ray of the genus "Torpedo"; A... |
| 3 | Latin | torpēdō | — |
| 4 | Latin | torpeō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | terp- | to satisfy |
Words derived from “torpido”