tortură
Moldavian
/torˈtu.rə/, /tor.tuˈrə/
noun
Definitions
- torture
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tortūra (torture, twisting), tortus (twisted, folded over) borrowed from French torture.
Origin
French
torture
Gloss
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
- torturer 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
- tortura Catalan, Valencian
- tortura Galician
- tort Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- teurt Norman
- torto Old Portuguese
- tortura Asturian
- tuertu Asturian