Where does “troça” come from?

troça (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.

troça (Portuguese): mockery, ridicule

Definitions

  1. mockery, ridicule

Ancestry of “troça”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesetroçarto mock, to ridicule
2Latintortiare—
3Latintortustwisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin tortus →