Where does “torfet” come from?

torfet (Old French) comes from Old French tort, from Latin tortum, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

torfet (Old French): harm; harfmul action

Definitions

  1. harm; harfmul action

Ancestry of “torfet”, step by step

torfet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French tort

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtortwrong; misdeed
2Latintortumnominative neuter singular of tortus; accusative...
3Latintortustwisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

via Old French fet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfetpast participle of fere; third-person singular...
2Latinfactumfact, deed, act, doing; achievement; accusative...
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeh₁-to do, put, place
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tusEvery word from Latin -tusEvery word from Latin tortus