Where does “torques” come from?
torques (Latin) comes from Latin torqueo, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.
torques (Latin): second-person singular present active indicative...
Definitions
- second-person singular present active indicative...
Ancestry of “torques”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | torqueo | I twist, wind; I hurl violently; I spin, whirl; I... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | terkʷ- | to turn, spin |
Words derived from “torques”