Where does “торшер” come from?
торшер (Russian) comes from French torchère, 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.
торшер (Russian): standard lamp, floor lamp, torchiere
Definitions
- standard lamp, floor lamp, torchiere
Ancestry of “торшер”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | torchère | standard lamp, floor lamp, torchiere |
| 2 | French | torche | torch; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 3 | Old French | torche | bundle; torch |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | torca | — |
| 5 | Latin | torquis | chaplet |
| 6 | Latin | torqueō | to spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | terkʷ- | to turn, spin |