Where does “torse” come from?

torse (Italian) comes from Italian torcere, from Vulgar Latin torcere, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

torse (Italian): third-person singular past historic of torcere

Definitions

  1. third-person singular past historic of torcere

Ancestry of “torse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantorcereto twist; to wring; to bend
2Vulgar Latintorcerepresent active infinitive of *torcō
3Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Vulgar Latin torcere →