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Where does “طورپیدو” come from?

طورپیدو (Ottoman Turkish) comes from English torpedo, from Latin torpēdō, from Latin torpeō, from Proto-Indo-European terp- — to satisfy.

Ancestry of “طورپیدو”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtorpedoAn electric ray of the genus "Torpedo"; A...
2Latintorpēdō—
3Latintorpeō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterp-to satisfy
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