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.

طورپیدو (Ottoman Turkish): torpedo

Definitions

  1. torpedo

Ancestry of “طورپیدو”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtorpedoAn electric ray of the genus "Torpedo"; A...
2Latintorpēdōlethargy, inertness, sluggishness
3Latintorpeōto be stiff, numb, torpid or motionless
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterp-to satisfy

Words derived from “طورپیدو”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terp- →Every word from Latin torpeō →Every word from Latin torpēdō →