Where does “торшерный” come from?
торшерный (Russian) comes from Russian торшер, 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.
торшерный (Russian): standard lamp, floor lamp, torchiere
Definitions
- standard lamp, floor lamp, torchiere
Ancestry of “торшерный”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | торшер | standard lamp, floor lamp, torchiere |
| 2 | French | torchère | standard lamp, floor lamp, torchiere |
| 3 | French | torche | torch; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 4 | Old French | torche | bundle; torch |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | torca | — |
| 6 | Latin | torquis | chaplet |
| 7 | Latin | torqueō | to spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | terkʷ- | to turn, spin |