Etymology

-tort

Today it means: To make something change its shape. Full definition →

Old French tort ← Latin tortum
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromtortum
  2. Old French · derived fromtort
  3. English today-tort

From Old French tort, from Latin tortum, substantive use of the past participle of torqueō (“twist, turn”). Compare with torsion, torture.

Words from the same roots

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