Where does “torche” come from?

torche (Middle English) comes from Old French torche, from Vulgar Latin torca, from Latin torquis, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

torche (Middle English): A long candle; A torch; a portable source of...

Definitions

  1. A long candle; A torch; a portable source of...

Ancestry of “torche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtorchebundle; torch
2Vulgar Latintorca—
3Latintorquischaplet
4Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin

Words derived from “torche”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Latin torquis →