Where does “tortus” come from?

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

tortus (Latin): twisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted

Definitions

  1. twisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted

Ancestry of “tortus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
2Proto-Italic-tus—
3Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “tortus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →