Where does “torșon” come from?

torșon (Romanian) comes from French torchon, from French torche, from Old French torche, from Vulgar Latin torca, from Latin torquis, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

torșon (Romanian): torchon

Definitions

  1. torchon

Ancestry of “torșon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtorchontea towel
2Frenchtorchetorch; first-person singular present indicative...
3Old Frenchtorchebundle; torch
4Vulgar Latintorca
5Latintorquischaplet
6Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
7Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ-
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