Where does “torto” come from?

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

torto (Portuguese): twisted, bent, crooked; awry; wrong, dishonest

Definitions

  1. twisted, bent, crooked; awry; wrong, dishonest

Ancestry of “torto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesetorto—
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 “torto”

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