Where does “torturar” come from?

torturar (Spanish) comes from Spanish tortura, from Latin tortūra, from Latin tortus, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

torturar (Spanish): to torture

Definitions

  1. to torture

Ancestry of “torturar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishtorturatorture
2Latintortūraa twisting, wreathing
3Latintortustwisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted
4Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
5Proto-Italic-tus—
6Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “torturar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Latin -tus →Every word from Latin tortus →