Where does “torcer” come from?

torcer (Portuguese) comes from Vulgar Latin torcere, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

torcer (Portuguese): to twist; to wring; to hope for something to...

Definitions

  1. to twist; to wring; to hope for something to...

Ancestry of “torcer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latintorcerepresent active infinitive of *torcō
2Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin

Words derived from “torcer”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Vulgar Latin torcere →