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Where does “Torpedo” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Torpedo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintorpēdō—
2Latintorpeō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanterp-to satisfy

Words derived from “Torpedo”

  • Torpediniformes
Every word from Proto-Indo-European terp- →