Where does “destrocar” come from?

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

destrocar (Portuguese): to swap; exchange back

Definitions

to swap; exchange back

Ancestry of “destrocar”, step by step

destrocar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese troçar

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Portuguese	troçar	to mock, to ridicule
2	Latin	tortiare	—
3	Latin	tortus	twisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted
4	Latin	-tus	Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5	Proto-Italic	-tus	—
6	Proto-Indo-European	-tus	Derives action nouns from verb roots

via Portuguese des

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Portuguese	des	since
2	Late Latin	dē ex	—

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