Where does “torminosus” come from?

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

torminosus (Latin): subject to the gripes or colic

Definitions

  1. subject to the gripes or colic

Ancestry of “torminosus”, step by step

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