Where does “torcedura” come from?
torcedura (Spanish) comes from Spanish torcer, from Vulgar Latin torcere, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.
torcedura (Spanish): sprain; crook, bending
Ancestry of “torcedura”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Spanish | torcer | to twist; to bend; to sprain |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | torcere | present active infinitive of *torcō |
| 3 | Latin | torqueō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | terkʷ- | to turn, spin |