Where does “torch” come from?

torch (Middle Welsh) comes from Proto-Brythonic *torx, from Latin torquis, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

Ancestry of “torch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonic*torx—
2Latintorquischaplet
3Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin

Words derived from “torch”

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