Where does “torpefacio” come from?

torpefacio (Latin) comes from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium, from Latin -tōrius, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

torpefacio (Latin): to benumb, to make torpid

Definitions

  1. to benumb, to make torpid

Ancestry of “torpefacio”, step by step

torpefacio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin faciō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfaciōto do
2Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
3Latin-tōriusory
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

via Latin torpeō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintorpeōto be stiff, numb, torpid or motionless
2Proto-Indo-Europeanterp-to satisfy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -torium →Every word from Latin -tor →