Where does “torpedo” come from?

torpedo (Spanish) comes from Latin torpēdō, from Latin torpeō, from Proto-Indo-European terp- — to satisfy.

torpedo (Spanish): torpedo (fish)

Definitions

  1. torpedo (fish)

Ancestry of “torpedo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintorpēdōlethargy, inertness, sluggishness
2Latintorpeōto be stiff, numb, torpid or motionless
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterp-to satisfy

Words derived from “torpedo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terp- →Every word from Latin torpeō →Every word from Latin torpēdō →
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