Where does “Tortura” come from?

Tortura (Portuguese) comes from Latin tortūra, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Tortura (Portuguese): torture intentional causing of somebody experiencing agony

Definitions

  1. torture intentional causing of somebody experiencing agony

Ancestry of “Tortura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintortūraa twisting, wreathing
2Latintortustwisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “Tortura”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin tortus →