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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”

  • torture
  • tort
  • tortuous
  • torsion
  • torsional
  • trousseau
  • tortious
  • torturous
  • torturer
  • tortfeasor
  • Trousseau
  • tortuosity
  • torte
  • tortuously
  • torta
  • torturously
  • tortiously
  • bistort
  • tortuousness
  • torsionally
  • tortion
  • torturesome
  • antitorture
  • cyclotorsion
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