Where does “teurtre” come from?

teurtre (Norman) comes from French tordre, from Vulgar Latin torcere, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

teurtre (Norman): to twist, wring

Definitions

  1. to twist, wring

Ancestry of “teurtre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtordreto twist; to wring; to bend
2Vulgar Latintorcerepresent active infinitive of *torcō
3Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Vulgar Latin torcere →