Where does “torment” come from?

torment (Middle English) comes from Old French torment, from Latin tormentum, from Proto-Italic torkmentom.

torment (Middle English): torment (suffering, pain)

Definitions

  1. torment (suffering, pain)

Ancestry of “torment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtormenttorture; suffering; torment
2Latintormentuman engine for hurling missiles; a shot or missile...
3Proto-Italictorkmentom—

Words derived from “torment”

Every word from Proto-Italic torkmentom →Every word from Latin tormentum →Every word from Old French torment →