Where does “tort” come from?
tort (Middle English) comes from Old French tort, from Latin tortum, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
tort (Middle English): tort wrong
Definitions
- tort wrong
Ancestry of “tort”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | tort | wrong; misdeed |
| 2 | Latin | tortum | nominative neuter singular of tortus; accusative... |
| 3 | Latin | tortus | twisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted |
| 4 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |