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Where does “torreo” come from?

torreo (Latin) comes from Proto-Italic torzeō, from Proto-Indo-European torséyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Ancestry of “torreo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italictorzeōburn, scorch
2Proto-Indo-Europeantorséyetito make dry, to cause to dry
3Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
4Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots
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