Where does “torroncino” come from?
torroncino (Italian) comes from Italian torrone, 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.
torroncino (Italian): small nougat
Ancestry of “torroncino”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | torrone | A form of nougat traditionally eaten at Christmas |
| 2 | Latin | torrere | present active infinitive of torreō;... |
| 3 | Latin | torreo | I scorch, burn, parch; I roast, bake; I nip,... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | torzēō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tres- | to tremble |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 7 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 8 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |