Where does “tors” come from?

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

Ancestry of “tors”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishtorcheA long candle; A torch; a portable source of...
2Old Frenchtorchebundle; torch
3Vulgar Latintorca
4Latintorquischaplet
5Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
6Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ-Every word from Latin torqueōEvery word from Latin torquis
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