Where does “torpeō” come from?

torpeō (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European terp- — to satisfy.

torpeō (Latin): to be stiff, numb, torpid or motionless

Definitions

  1. to be stiff, numb, torpid or motionless

Ancestry of “torpeō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanterp-to satisfy

Words derived from “torpeō

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terp-