Where does “torsion” come from?

torsion (Middle French) comes from Late Latin torsio, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

Ancestry of “torsion”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latintorsioa wringing or griping; colic
2Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin

Words derived from “torsion”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Late Latin torsio →