Where does “torturować” come from?
torturować (Polish) comes from Polish tortura, from French torture, from Latin tortūra, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
torturować (Polish): to torture
Definitions
- to torture
Ancestry of “torturować”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | tortura | torture |
| 2 | French | torture | torture; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | Latin | tortūra | a twisting, wreathing |
| 4 | Latin | tortus | twisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted |
| 5 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |