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Where does “torsus” come from?

torsus (Latin) comes from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Ancestry of “torsus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintortustwisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted
2Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Italic-tus—
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “torsus”

  • trousseau
  • Trousseau
  • trousse
  • retrousser
  • trousser
  • retrousse
  • trousseau
  • trousse
  • trusses
  • torsare
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →