Where does “torsión” come from?

torsión (Spanish) comes from Late Latin torsio, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

torsión (Spanish): twist, twisting

Definitions

  1. twist, twisting

Ancestry of “torsión”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latintorsioa wringing or griping; colic
2Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Late Latin torsio →