Where does “tortor” come from?

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

tortor (Latin): executioner, torturer

Definitions

  1. executioner, torturer

Ancestry of “tortor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintortūraa twisting, wreathing
2Latintortustwisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “tortor”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin tortus →