Where does “tortura” come from?

tortura (Italian) comes from Late Latin tortura, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

tortura (Italian): the act of bending or twisting; torture; torment

Definitions

  1. the act of bending or twisting; torture; torment

Ancestry of “tortura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latintorturaa twisting, writhing, of bodily pain, a griping...
2Latintortustwisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “tortura”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin tortus →