Where does “tortura” come from?

tortura (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Medieval Latin tortura, from Latin torqueo, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

tortura (Serbo-Croatian): torture

Definitions

  1. torture

Ancestry of “tortura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latintorturaa twisting, wreathing; torture, torment
2LatintorqueoI twist, wind; I hurl violently; I spin, whirl; I...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueo →Every word from Medieval Latin tortura →