tortura

Catalan

noun

Definitions

torture intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tortūra (torture, twisting), tortus (twisted, folded over).

Origin

Latin

tortus

Gloss

twisted, folded over

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*extortiāre Latin
*torsāre Latin
*turta Latin
torta Latin
tortuosus Latin
tortus Latin
tortūra Latin
torto Italian
tortura Italian
torture French
tortura Spanish, Castilian
tuerto Spanish, Castilian
ταρταροῦχος Ancient Greek
*terkʷ- Proto-Indo-European
tortura Portuguese
torturar Portuguese
torteau Old French
torture Old French
tort Catalan, Valencian
torturar Catalan, Valencian
tortura Galician
tort Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
tortură Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
teurt Norman
torto Old Portuguese
tortura Asturian
tuertu Asturian