tortus
Latin
part
Definitions
- twisted, crooked
- spun, whirled
- bent, distorted
- tormented, tortured
Etymology
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
- intort English
- torteau English
- *extortiāre Latin
- *torsāre Latin
- *turta Latin
- Tartarucchus Latin
- contortus Latin
- distortum Latin
- extortiō Latin
- extortus Latin
- nasturtium Latin
- retorqueo Latin
- retortus Latin
- tartarucchus Latin
- tartarūcha Latin
- tormentum Latin
- torqueo Latin
- torqueō Latin
- torquēre Latin
- torquēs Latin
- torsio Latin
- torta Latin
- torta pānis Latin
- torta pānis, tortus Latin
- tortio Latin
- tortum Latin
- tortuosus Latin
- tortura Latin
- tortuōsus Latin
- tortūra Latin
- tricae Latin
- trua Latin
- turpis Latin
- bistorto Italian
- storto Italian
- stoscio Italian
- tartaruga Italian
- torta Italian
- tortamente Italian
- tortezza Italian
- torto Italian
- tortura Italian
- tarte French
- torture French
- torturer French
- trousser French
- torta Spanish, Castilian
- tortura Spanish, Castilian
- tuerto Spanish, Castilian
- τέρπω Ancient Greek
- ταρταροῦχος Ancient Greek
- τούρτα Ancient Greek
- τρέπω Ancient Greek
- ἄτρακτος Ancient Greek
- *telkʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *terkʷ- Proto-Indo-European
- *trewd- Proto-Indo-European
- torta Portuguese
- torto Portuguese
- tortura Portuguese
- torturar Portuguese
- *þarhô Proto-Germanic
- *þerh- Proto-Germanic
- *þwerhaz Proto-Germanic
- thwert Middle English
- thwerten Middle English
- tarte Old French
- torcious Old French
- torteau Old French
- torture Old French
- trousse Old French
- tort Catalan, Valencian
- tortell Catalan, Valencian
- tortura Catalan, Valencian
- torta Galician
- torto Galician
- tortura Galician
- toartă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- tort Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- tortură Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- turtă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- torri Welsh
- teurt Norman
- tortë Albanian
- contortion Middle French
- torto Old Portuguese
- торта Macedonian
- *tarkúš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- turtã Aromanian
- tuorta Romansh
- turta Romansh
- tortura Asturian
- tuertu Asturian
- torte Friulian
- tortuga Old Occitan
- turta Dalmatian
- *torθ Proto-Brythonic
- torte Bourguignon
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