Where does “torteau” come from?

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

Ancestry of “torteau”, step by step

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

Words derived from “torteau”

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