Where does “گشتاور” come from?

گشتاور (Persian) comes from Persian گشت, from Persian گشتن, from Proto-Iranian *gártati.

گشتاور (Persian): torque, moment of force

Definitions

  1. torque, moment of force

Ancestry of “گشتاور”, step by step

گشتاور traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian گشت

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianگشتpatrol, watch
2Persianگشتنto rotate, turn, revolve, spin; to spin; to...
3Proto-Iranian*gártati

via Persian اور

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianاورfist; a blow with a fist; a nut with a rotten...
Every word from Proto-Iranian *gártati