Where does “torc” come from?

torc (Old Irish) comes from Latin torquis, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

torc (Old Irish): boar; chieftain, hero; torque

Definitions

  1. boar; chieftain, hero; torque

Ancestry of “torc”, step by step

torc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin torquis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintorquischaplet
2Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin

via Proto-Celtic *tworkos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtic*tworkosboar
2Proto-Indo-Europeantwerḱ-to carve, cut off, trim

Words derived from “torc”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Latin torquis →