Where does “torminalis” come from?

torminalis (Latin) comes from Latin tormina, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

torminalis (Latin): gripes; countering gripes

Definitions

  1. gripes; countering gripes

Ancestry of “torminalis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintorminacolic, gripes
2Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
3Proto-Italic*-mn̥—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →Every word from Latin tormina →
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