Where does “tortula” come from?

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

tortula (Latin): small twist

Definitions

  1. small twist

Ancestry of “tortula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintortainflection of tortus: ## nominative feminine...
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin tortus →
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