Where does “tòrcer” come from?

tòrcer (Occitan) comes from Vulgar Latin torcere, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

tòrcer (Occitan): to twist

Definitions

  1. to twist

Ancestry of “tòrcer”, step by step

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