Where does “întorțiel” come from?
întorțiel (Romanian) comes from Romanian torțel, from Romanian tort, from German torte, from Italian torta, from Late Latin torta, from Latin torta panis, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
întorțiel (Romanian): dodder
Definitions
- dodder
Ancestry of “întorțiel”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | torțel | dodder (Cuscuta epithymum or Cuscuta europaea) |
| 2 | Romanian | tort | thread; quantity of spun threads; cake |
| 3 | German | torte | inflection of torten: ## first-person singular... |
| 4 | Italian | torta | pie, tart, cake or similar; roundel; The act of... |
| 5 | Late Latin | torta | — |
| 6 | Latin | torta panis | twisted bread |
| 7 | Latin | tortus | twisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted |
| 8 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |