Etymology

contortion

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Today it means: The act or result of contorting; the state of being contorted: the twisting of something, especially oneself. Full definition →

Middle French contortion ← Latin contortiō ← Proto-Italic *torkʷeō
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*terkʷ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*torkʷ-éye-ti
  8. Proto-Italic*torkʷejō
  9. Proto-Italic*torkʷeō
  10. Latintorqueō
  11. Latincontorqueō
  12. Latincontortus
  13. Latincontortiō
  14. Middle Frenchcontortion
  15. English todaycontortion

Derived from Middle French contortion, from Latin contortiō.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.