Where does “tort” come from?

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

tort (Old French): wrong; misdeed

Definitions

  1. wrong; misdeed

Ancestry of “tort”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tort”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin tortus →