torch
English
/tɔːtʃ/, /tɔɹtʃ/
noun
Definitions
- A stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as a light source; a similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material.
- (UK) A portable light source powered by electricity; a flashlight.
- (US) An arsonist.
- A blowtorch or oxy-gas torch.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English torche derived from Old French torche derived from Latin *torca, torquēs root from Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (turn, twist, spin, wind).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*terkʷ-
Gloss
turn, twist, spin, wind
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
風
Emoji
🙃
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bearer English
- bearing English
- blow English
- blowtorch English
- head English
- headtorch English
- intort English
- light English
- lit English
- maker English
- making English
- torchbearer English
- torchbearing English
- torcher English
- torchless English
- torchlight English
- torchlike English
- torchlit English
- torchmaker English
- torchmaking English
- torchman English
- torchwood English
- torchwork English
- torchwort English
- torchy English
- wood English
- work English
- wort English
- *torca Latin
- contortus Latin
- distortum Latin
- extortiō Latin
- extortus Latin
- intorta Latin
- nasturtium Latin
- retorqueo Latin
- retortus Latin
- tormentum Latin
- torqua Latin
- torqueo Latin
- torques Latin
- torqueō Latin
- torquēre Latin
- torquēs Latin
- torsio Latin
- torta pānis, tortus Latin
- tortio Latin
- tortum Latin
- tortuosus Latin
- tortura Latin
- tortus Latin
- tortuōsus Latin
- tortūra Latin
- tricae Latin
- trua Latin
- turpis Latin
- toorts Dutch, Flemish
- torche French
- torcher French
- torchon French
- τέρπω Ancient Greek
- τρέπω Ancient Greek
- ἄτρακτος Ancient Greek
- *telkʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *terkʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *trewd- Proto-Indo-European
- tocha Portuguese
- *þarhô Proto-Germanic
- *þerh- Proto-Germanic
- *þwerhaz Proto-Germanic
- トーチ Japanese
- thwert Middle English
- thwerten Middle English
- torche Middle English
- torch Old French
- torche Old French
- torcious Old French
- trousse Old French
- torĉo Esperanto
- torri Welsh
- contortion Middle French
- *tarkúš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- tochi Swahili
- 토치 Korean
- 𒋻𒌑𒍣 Hittite