tort

French

noun

Definitions

fault
wrong, error

Etymology

Inherited from Old French tort (wrong, harm, a wrong, a misdeed) inherited from Latin tortum (rope, a wrong injustice).

Origin

Latin

tortum

Gloss

rope, a wrong injustice

Concept

Semantic Field

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Classifier

`Kanji`

縄, 綱

Emoji

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Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

-tort English
tort English
tortum Latin
*terkʷ- Proto-Indo-European
tort Norwegian Bokmål
torcious Old French
torfet Old French
tort Old French
torzfesor Old French
tuart Friulian
tort Old Occitan
tortfesance xno
tuorto Istriot