Where does “torță” come from?

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

torță (Romanian): torch

Definitions

  1. torch

Ancestry of “torță”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiantorciatorch
2Old Frenchtorchebundle; torch
3Vulgar Latintorca—
4Latintorquischaplet
5Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
6Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Latin torquis →