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
Ancestry of “torță”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | torcia | torch |
| 2 | Old French | torche | bundle; torch |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | torca | — |
| 4 | Latin | torquis | chaplet; collar/necklace of twisted metal ,... |
| 5 | Latin | torqueō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | terkʷ- | to turn, spin |