Where does “torch” come from?

torch (Welsh) comes from Middle Welsh torch, from Proto-Brythonic *torx, from Latin torquis, from Latin torqueō, from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- — to turn, spin.

torch (Welsh): torque tightly braided collar

Definitions

  1. torque tightly braided collar

Ancestry of “torch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Welshtorch—
2Proto-Brythonic*torx—
3Latintorquischaplet
4Latintorqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve
5Proto-Indo-Europeanterkʷ-to turn, spin

Words derived from “torch”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terkʷ- →Every word from Latin torqueō →Every word from Latin torquis →