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Where does “torrente” come from?

torrente (Italian) comes from Latin torrēns, from Latin torrere, from Latin torreo, from Proto-Italic torzēō, from Proto-Indo-European tres-, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine, from Latin terminus — boundary, end.

torrente (Italian): stream, creek, torrent

Definitions

  1. stream, creek, torrent

Ancestry of “torrente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintorrēns—
2Latintorrerepresent active infinitive of torreō;...
3LatintorreoI scorch, burn, parch; I roast, bake; I nip,...
4Proto-Italictorzēō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeantres-to tremble
6Proto-Indo-Europeanter-tender, weak; young creature
7Italiantermineend, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word
8Latinterminusa boundary, limit, end
9Proto-Italictermenos—
10Proto-Indo-Europeantérmn̥boundary, end

Words derived from “torrente”

  • torrent
  • torrential
  • BitTorrent
  • torrentially
  • torrentiality
  • torrentfish
  • torrentismo
  • торрент
  • torrent
  • torent
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