Where does “torridus” come from?

torridus (Latin) comes from Latin torreō, 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.

torridus (Latin): dry, parched; baked, roasted; torrid

Definitions

  1. dry, parched; baked, roasted; torrid

Ancestry of “torridus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintorreōto scorch, burn, parch
2Proto-Italictorzeōburn, scorch
3Proto-Indo-Europeantorséyetito make dry, to cause to dry
4Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
5Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “torridus”

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