Where does “tortura” come from?

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

tortura (Late Latin): a twisting, writhing, of bodily pain, a griping...

Definitions

  1. a twisting, writhing, of bodily pain, a griping...

Ancestry of “tortura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintortustwisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-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 →